To kill the giant worm, no one in the fortress of the Supervisory Office can stop Zhou Qingfeng from doing anything. Even no one in the Cold Wind City can stop him. The 'Nahamang Curse' triggered strong fluctuations in the magic network, and the wizards in the city were almost
Paralyzed with fear.
Zhou Qingfeng sent out more than a dozen spirit slaves to search everywhere. Although the Supervisory Office was severely damaged by the dragon's breath, this place is the key point of Cold Wind City and is still valuable for exploration.
The incorporeal Sophia led the spirit slaves to search everywhere, and soon discovered that there was an inaccessible secret room under the collapsed fortress.
"Rubio, Wilson, you two go and re-establish the organizational structure of the Harmony Warehouse. Recall the coolies and refugees we recruited before, let them have enough to eat, and clean up the ruins of the Supervision Office for me."
It is easy to destroy but difficult to build.
Zhou Qingfeng led the team to evacuate Cold Wind City and disbanded a team of several thousand people. These people were scattered in dozens of surrounding villages and towns. Now it will take a lot of time and work to gather them back together.
Three days later, Rubio gathered a team of more than 200 people. The fortress of the Supervisory Office was quite large, and the cleaning work lasted for another three days before the secret room found by Sofia was excavated.
Zhou Qingfeng held a torch and walked into the rubble pile, arriving at an dug underground entrance.
The excavating coolies were watching from the outside. No one could tell what Mr. Hugo was going to do. Because the Supervisory Office was notorious, some people avoided it again, fearing that there might be some monster hidden in the secret room.
This was originally a closed cellar, but the covering wooden planks had been removed, revealing a dark sloping staircase. Xili followed Zhou Qingfeng and threw a torch in.
Under the light, the underground structure is very rough, and it can be seen that the people who dug the cellar were not careful. The torch was extinguished after a while, but it can be seen that the stairs are not deep, and there is a stone door engraved with strange runes two or three meters down.
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There is a space underground protected by arcane power, and neither Sophia nor the Spirit Slave can enter. Zhou Qingfeng did not intend to go down rashly, so he simply asked the coolies to continue digging the entrance larger, and it was best to violently dismantle it.
This excavation lasted two days, and the coolies who had food to eat were full of energy. After digging out a lot of muck, the stone door blocking Zhou Qingfeng was simply dragged out. The entire underground space was completely exposed.
Hilly stared at the dug stone door and asked Sofia, who knew everything, "What are the paintings on it?" But Sofia shook her head, "I don't recognize these words."
The runes on the stone door are very strange. At first glance, they seem to be related to arcane magic.
After reading it carefully, Zhou Qingfeng combined it with the 'occult' knowledge left by Cyric and sighed: "It is a ban clause written by ancient evil words to cover up the atmosphere of the secret room. No one would have used this set of texts twenty thousand years ago.
Already."
There are not many records about ancient evil words in the 'Gate of True Knowledge'. Only the oldest and most ancient existences know about this stuff.
When these languages were still being spoken, dragons had not yet ruled the earth, and the world was dominated by creatures that had long since become extinct.
"The evil insect sacrifice is actually part of the evil insect's divine mind. It possesses the knowledge that the evil insect masters." Zhou Qingfeng shook his head, "The ancient evil words are one of the knowledge it masters. We are a bit unlucky to encounter such a thing.
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Xili curled her lips, "The abyss is the territory of demons, and the priests who can be sent to the main material world are not easy to mess with. I really can't figure out why you want to provoke such an existence that is even vague in legend. How can this be possible?
What’s the benefit?”
benefit?
"If you want real benefits, this is a huge benefit." Zhou Qingfeng pointed to the dug-out stone door with a smile, "This is an ancient evil saying, something that even the elves have not grasped."
"Do you want to learn such an evil thing?" Hilly asked in surprise, "Mastering this thing will definitely summon Caiworth. If it is dug out by a believer of the good god, he will definitely give it to him immediately.
Smashed."
"It's really an idea full of ignorance and prejudice." Zhou Qingfeng sneered at this statement: "Language is a tool, and ancient language touches the law and is a good tool. Tools cannot be good or evil.
Divided."
According to the historical records in the 'Gate of True Knowledge', the elves began to establish settlements in Faerûn 25,000 years ago and develop their own civilization. But at that time, the ancient evil insect Kaivos had been driven into the abyss.
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Regarding ancient creatures such as Caworth, the records of elves are also unclear, and it is unclear what their origins are.
Based on its evil nature, Caivos seduced a few believers in the main material world from time to time and caused some trouble. Only then did it leave its name in various historical books, otherwise it would have no sense of existence at all.
There is a small amount of content about ancient evil objects in the library of the 'Gate of True Knowledge', but most of them are sketchy and there are few clear records. When Zhou Qingfeng dug up the Stone Gate of Evil Words, the five-pointed star he wore on his chest reacted.
The five-pointed star conveyed a few simple words to the outside world, 'history', 'knowledge' and 'power'. Zhou Qingfeng could feel that the 'Gate of True Knowledge' was very eager to collect content about 'evil words'.
The Stone Gate of Evil Words is very strong and protected by powerful magic power. If it were to be broken through head-on, Zhou Qingfeng would have no ability to demolish it. But when it encountered a bunch of poor coolies wielding hoes, it met its nemesis.
Without the guards, no matter how strong the secret room is, it cannot withstand the excavation of dozens of hoes. Zhou Qingfeng ordered the entire fortress of the Supervision Office to be demolished, and the secret room hidden underground was completely dug up like an archaeological site.
The outer wall of the secret room is made of corrupted flesh, and it took at least hundreds of deaths to complete it. It is this material that prevents Sophia from entering, and also blocks the prying eyes of the outside world.
The formal way to open the secret room is to interpret the ancient evil words on the stone door, and the informal way is to violently excavate. Obviously, Uncle Zhou chose the latter - many of the elaborate traps in the secret room were all scrapped.
"The secret room is divided into two floors. The upper floor is a studio. The lower floor has not been excavated yet, so it is probably a storage room." Zhou Qingfeng acted as a guide and brought Xili into the excavation site. "For those who study ancient history,
This is a treasure place.”
Based on the weirdness and horror of the giant worm's battle, Hilly thought she would see an eerie secret room full of twisted furnishings. But in fact, this underground space was very refreshing, clean, small in area but neatly arranged.
The first floor of the secret room is like a study room, with tables and chairs, a special meditation room and many bookshelves. The "treasure place" mentioned by Zhou Qingfeng refers to the hundreds of volumes on the bookshelves.
"These books are all made of human skin, and they were all skinned alive from underage children." Zhou Qingfeng took a book from a bookshelf, "The Abyss Priest we killed has been in Cold Wind City for more than ten years, and he has harmed many people.
many people.
This guy has a good habit of taking notes and also likes to do some academic research. His life experiences are recorded on these bookshelves, including Abyssal Language, Common Language, and many discussions written by Ancient Evil Words."
Xili took the human skin book handed over by Zhou Qingfeng, and the moment her fingers touched it, she heard the eerie ghostly scream coming from the book. She threw the book back to Zhou Qingfeng in shock, "Is that guy not dead yet?"
"The ones in the book are not the abyss sacrifices, but the mutilated children. Not only did the guy skin the children to make the book, he also took out the souls of the victimized children and imprisoned them in them, training them as 'book servants'. From then on, he only had to take notes orally."
Zhou Qingfeng patted the book in his hand. A gray mist-like child floated out of the pages, less than a foot tall, staring blankly at him and Kelly, as if waiting for orders.
The hundreds of volumes on the bookshelves are the souls of hundreds of children who were tortured and imprisoned. Regarding these innocent victims, Hilly shook her head unbearably and said: "It's really evil."
"Ancient evil things exist like this. They look at us just like we look at pigs, dogs, chickens and ducks."
Zhou Qingfeng took out the five-pointed star from his chest and activated it into the 'Gateway of True Knowledge' state. The evil books in the secret room were put into the library, and the pages made of human skin turned into powder, and the imprisoned children's soul floated out.
Be free.
Volume after volume of human skin scrolls were put into the library of the 'Gate of True Knowledge', and several bookshelves were quickly emptied. Even the stone door with ancient evil words engraved on it was no exception.
These physical objects immediately disappeared after entering the 'Gate of True Knowledge'. The knowledge recorded in them was individually extracted by Book Charm Sophia, and finally compiled into a book, becoming a precious collection in the library.
Xili was very curious and asked Zhou Qingfeng: "Victor, do you really plan to learn the ancient evil words?"
Zhou Qingfeng smiled and shook his head, "There is never too much knowledge. Entering the Gate of True Knowledge is only equivalent to recording the contents of the book and releasing the soul imprisoned inside.
As for the ancient evil words, they are dead words that have been cut off from inheritance. Whether they can be deciphered depends on luck. As for the deciphering, it may be useful."