Chapter 1748 Deciphering

Although the "restoration" can eliminate the weathering and wear of the gypsum liner and give it a new look, at the same time, the scratches on the pen tip remaining on the liner will also disappear without trace, which will cause Qiao An to completely lose the content of deciphering the writing possibility.

Joan immediately dismissed the idea of ​​asking for trouble, and frowned, wondering if there was any other way.

Turning his gaze, Joan inadvertently found a stone beetle as big as half a pumpkin placed next to the plaster liner. Considering the exaggerated palm size of the cloud giant, this handicraft is very suitable as a paperweight.

Joan retracted her membrane wings and landed on the table, kneeling down in front of the stone beetle to observe carefully.

At first glance, it seemed that this was just a vivid desk decoration, but the more Joan looked at it, the more he felt that it was too delicate, and there was no trace of cutting and chiseling at all, so that it aroused his suspicion.

In his opinion, this stone beetle was either shaped directly by engineering magic such as "supernatural workmanship", so no traces of knives and axes can be seen; or it was originally a living big beetle, which was cast into petrification by someone. .

Qiao An opened the storage bag, took out the "see-through hand mirror", and took a photo of the stone beetle. He was pleasantly surprised to find that the inside of the statue was completely complete!

Even if it is a "supernatural workmanship", it is impossible to shape the internal organs meticulously when shaping the beetle with stone materials. Joan has reason to suspect that this big beetle is a victim of the "petrification technique"!

In order to verify his guess, Joan unscrewed the pen and drew the No. 4 rune Ansuz on the smooth curved elytra of the beetle.

The results of the analysis were as expected. The six-ring "Petrochemical" spell structure did appear on the beetle, but it was different in details from the current general "Petrochemical" structure.

This is understandable, after all, the times are long apart, and even the language has undergone tremendous changes. The configuration of the same spell has been optimized by countless generations, and of course it is not the same as its classical form.

Fortunately, these minor differences did not affect the essence of the "Petrochemical Spell". Joan tried to cast the 5th-level spell "Break Barrier" on the beetle.

Under the radiance of golden magic power radiated from the fingertips of the young mage, the beetle, which had been sleeping for thousands of years, got rid of its rock body and woke up just as Joan expected.

Joan quickly flew into the air to avoid being attacked by the big beetle, and at the same time activated the "advanced internal vision technique" to check its details.

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Detection target: mutant beetle (insect subspecies, titan creature subspecies)

Attributes: Strength 7, Dexterity 13, Constitution 12, Intelligence -, Wisdom 11, Charisma 9

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The investigation results showed that, compared with the similar giant insects in the surface world, the only special thing about this giant beetle is that it has the "Titan creature subspecies".

Joan doesn't know what bloodline this is, is it related to the legendary Titan?

The intelligence attribute of the mutated beetle was almost zero, and Joan couldn't communicate with it. Suddenly, he remembered that after absorbing the blood of the insect master, the supernatural ability of "insect recognition" evolved into "insect enlightenment", which is just in handy now.

Joan landed on the table again, watching the mutated beetle silently, radiating magic power through his left eye, and successfully charmed the weak-willed big beetle.

After winning the favor of the other party, Joan can approach it without any worries, reach out and gently touch the smooth and hard carapace of the mutated beetle, and begin to perform the "enlightenment ceremony".

One minute later, Joan completed the initiation ceremony, and looking at the attributes of the beetle, his intelligence and charisma had increased to 10 points, and he had obtained a knowledge reserve and understanding ability commensurate with his intelligence. He also awakened his telepathy ability and was able to communicate with him smoothly. .

"Do you remember that someone laid paper and wrote on this plaster liner?"

Joan tries to communicate with the Enlightenment Beetle.

The Enlightenment Beetle shook its tentacles and squeaked, as if it was thinking.

Joan waited for two minutes before the Enlightenment Beetle responded.

"Dear master, I did see a white-bearded giant writing on a stone slab with paper. Unfortunately, that was a long, long time ago. Besides, I am illiterate, so I can't understand what he is writing."

"I only remember that I flew in from the window, landed on the table, and sang while resting, but the giant rubbed his ears and stared at me. Now that I think about it, he thought I was noisy."

"It's a pity that I hadn't been enlightened by my master at that time. I couldn't understand the giant's mind. I continued to sing my song, but in the end I angered the giant and turned me into a stone statue..."

Joan nodded thoughtfully when he received the telepathic reply from the Enlightenment Beetle.

It seems that endowing the beetle with human-like intelligence is not enough to decipher the writing on the plaster backing, but also to find a way to unearth those forgotten images buried deep in the memory of the enlightened beetle.

Joan touched the storage bag and took out a simple golden key, which was a gift from the archangel Ajiehe.

Qiao An activated the 7-ring "dream catcher" attached to the golden key, and penetrated a sliver of his consciousness into the spiritual world of the enlightenment beetle through his sight.

Affected by the "dream catcher", the enlightenment beetle fell into a coma, allowing Joan to sneak into its deep consciousness undisturbed, searching for the memory fragments piled up in the corner.

This is the first time Joan has used the "dream catcher", and was pleasantly surprised to find that this 7-ring spell is more powerful than he imagined, and it even comes with a "keyword" search function!

When he focused on thinking about the "plaster lining", all the memory fragments related to the plaster lining in the enlightenment beetle's mind were automatically listed, like a frame of pictures, flashing before his eyes.

"Stop! This is the one!"

As soon as Joan thought about it, a picture was fixed in front of his eyes. From the perspective of the Enlightenment Beetle, it showed a piece of parchment spread on a plaster liner, with densely packed ancient giant characters written on it.

Among the thousands of words, only a few have been handed down to this day, and they are still used by the giants. Joan can recognize them, but unfortunately there are still many ancient words that do not understand their meanings.

That's not a big deal.

Regardless of whether he could understand it or not, Joan read the words on the parchment from beginning to end, and his brain with an intelligence attribute of 38 could never forget it.

Joan withdrew his consciousness of sneaking into the enlightenment beetle, took out the notebook he carried with him, and copied down the ancient prose he had just recited, every letter was exact.

Putting down the pen, Joan chanted the incantation in a low voice, and blessed himself with the 1-ring prophecy spell "Language Proficiency". After reading the ancient text in the notebook, those words that were originally unfamiliar could be understood at a glance.

Qiao An spent half an hour translating this text from beginning to end. After reading the meaning of the full text, she couldn't help showing surprise!