Chapter 280 Difficult Search

The next day, Xinwu lost track of Olina.

News soon followed from the temple site confirming the "visit" of the Islands' ambassador.

Until dawn broke slightly in the sky, Olina did not return to the Privy Council Palace.

At the same time as the dawn came, there was also a four-page report returned by Gun Gun.

"Master Xia, please forgive me for my negligence. We have been following her in many ways, but we have not been able to find out how she arrived at Qingguan Temple. But as you said, she searched in the basement under the temple for a long time, apparently for the "mysterious object" "Go. According to subsequent statistics, during this period, the other party destroyed fifteen traps and smashed six stone doors. Our spies monitored a total of four explosions."

"I have to say, your plan is simply——" There are traces scratched out by ink, "It is extremely sophisticated. As the "former experimental base" of the Privy Council, it is full of institutions, explosives and poisons. It's a normal thing. It's a pity that the fake arson only bought me one day, otherwise my colleagues could do better."

"In the deserted suburbs, Olina Okan's actions were obviously much laxer, which also made her no longer cautious, and the number of mechanisms triggered far exceeded the standards for the alchemist assessment. It was almost at the quarter of the Yin hour that she finally Leaving the temple area, the spies noticed that she was in a very embarrassing condition. The explosion had shattered her ambassador's robe into strips of cloth and her body was covered in dust."

"It's a pity that Olina's resistance to blows is higher than I expected. So many explosions didn't even restrict her movements. Could it be that she is Gen or Dui? But one thing is for sure, the look on her face Full of fatigue."

"Your suggestion is to use a large number of mechanisms to consume her energy and physical strength, instead of using sophisticated mental problems to make the other party fall into thinking. Now it seems to be an extremely correct choice. Similar tasks I have been involved in before have placed too much emphasis on strategy. Reasonable, this also leaves opportunities for opponents to crack, and this is the first time I have seen your strategy using traps and explosives as the main means of guidance."

"It's just that the slogan you asked me to carve on the wall is more like some evil stories circulated in childhood. Can it really have a negative impact on an adult?"

"Anyway, now that the second clue hidden in Qingguan Temple has been found by her, it's time for me to prepare for the next stage."

"If you have any new ideas, please feel free to tell me."

After reading the report, Xia Fan couldn't help but think of the situation of the ambassador of the archipelago country at that time.

Holding a torch, she advanced slowly in the underground space of the half-collapsed temple. Her feet were covered with iron nails and trip wires, and explosive bags of gunpowder hung from the beams above her head.

Of course, these things will not kill her - Olina Okan cannot die in such a place that can easily cause diplomatic disputes, so both the poison on the nails and the weight of the gunpowder are controlled. To the extent that it causes injury but not death.

Although she endured the pain caused by the traps all the way, these things kept confirming her suspicions - if it weren't for hiding secrets, who would install so many defensive things in a dilapidated ruins?

When she arrived at the deepest room, she would naturally find that it was a burned ruin. It was obvious that this place did not last long as a new storage location before it was destroyed.

On the surrounding walls, characters carved in blood can be seen everywhere.

"Let me go!"

"pain!"

"Stay away from this thing!"

"It...is coming!"

No matter how she guessed what happened in the room, it was definitely not a good picture.

Xia Fan chuckled and put down the report.

"Tell me, what are the new clues you left behind?" Qian Yan couldn't wait to ask, "It can't be another ruin, right?"

"There are not so many places suitable for layout near Shangyuan City. And if the address clue is left directly, and the scene is similar to Qingguan Temple, it will easily arouse suspicion, so I only asked them to leave a symbol on the wall."

"What symbol?"

Xia Fan drew a hexagonal honeycomb mark on his hand.

Li's ears twitched slightly, "This is the Yongguo facility found in the back mountains of Gaoshan County."

"It's the language of ancient alchemists." Qian Yan said directly.

"What's the meaning?"

"I don't quite understand either. This language is only spread among a few people, and King Yong and his men are one of them."

"Could there be such facilities around Shangyuan City?"

Xia Fan nodded, "I only found out after asking Xin Wu that not only do they exist, but the Privy Council also regards them as a suburban stronghold. However, all the experimental equipment related to evil spirits inside have been dismantled, and their confidentiality level is not considered High, it can be used by alchemists of level 5 or above."

"You want to lure the archipelago envoys to these facilities? But they may not know more than the fifth-grade alchemist."

"They will think of this." Xia Fan said confidently, "Didn't Xin Wu say that? There have been several cases of overseas envoys spying on Privy Council intelligence. The leaked information included the renovation of two bronze caves. became a stronghold.”

There is nothing more trustworthy than the intelligence you intercept.

When she saw the unique symbols on the wall, she would naturally associate them with the stronghold, and it didn't take her much effort to go and take a look in person.

Of course, Xia Fan will prolong this process as much as possible.

He began to write a reply to Xinwu.

Explosives and poisons have little effect?

It doesn't matter. He has a recipe for a super-strong drug. It is colorless and odorless, and will make you fall down if you smell it. In the limited occasions of use in the past, it has fully verified its effectiveness.

On the third night, Olena set out again.

Xinwu mentioned in the new report that this time they not only set up more explosives and poison traps, but also arranged drug release personnel at multiple ventilation holes.

The result was shocking.

Olena still persisted to the end. However, her two guard knights did not come out with her. The alchemists chose to continue to wait and see, and did not attack the knights to avoid alerting the enemy. It was not until four hours later that the two limped away.

Xinwu asserted that Olena should have reached her limit at that time, so she abandoned the guards and evacuated first. At the same time, she also took away the forged "mysterious object" - a square prism made of bronze and coral.

On the fourth day, neither the stalkers of the Privy Council nor the central recording department saw Olena.

At the same time, Xinwu used his connections to find out that the Ambassador of the Archipelago seemed to be unwell and was in the palace on sick leave.

On the fifth day, it was still the same.

However, someone heard the sound of things being smashed in the Ambassador of the Archipelago's palace.

On the sixth night, Xinwu's report finally changed.

"Lord Xia, Olina Okan is coming to the Privy Council!"

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