Chapter 364 Shadows of the Past

The characters lasted for about a minute and then gradually faded until they completely disappeared. At this time Chaoyang suddenly woke up, ran to the desk and rummaged around, found paper and pen, and wrote these four sentences on the paper.

No matter what the meaning of these words was, he subconsciously felt that he had to remember them!

"You... saw it too?" Elodie looked at him blankly.

Chaoyang showed her the words on the paper.

She shook her head, "I can't understand what you wrote. The words I saw are in French..."

"What about the content?"

Elodie spoke in her native language.

"Different words, but the same meaning." Chaoyang murmured after listening. The languages ​​of this world do not include Chinese and French. In other words, words are a reflection of consciousness, similar to a memory implant. As a demon awakener, he has used similar tricks before. When the brain reads this memory, it will reproduce it with understandable concepts. If the corresponding concept cannot be found, gaps will appear in the memory fragments. , just like forgetting something in a dream.

But before he can use the dreaming technique, he first needs the other person to fall asleep before he can enter consciousness.

But now he and Elodie are both awake.

This means that they can see that the originator of writing is very skilled, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is miraculous.

"The evil god allowed us to see it." Chaoyang was already sure of this.

"But...why doesn't it kill us and still asks us to watch this?"

"God knows. The ancestor god is incomprehensible, and we can't communicate with it." He walked back and forth in the room with the paper, "But did you notice? It was after you asked that sentence that these characters suddenly appeared from."

"Which sentence?" Elodie racked her brains and thought, "Are we dead or alive?"

"No, the last sentence - why were we sent to the Acropolis." Chaoyang shook the paper in his hand, "I guess this is the other party's answer."

"Then what's the use of it? A language key?" Angel said with a bitter face, "I've never been good at crossword puzzles since I was a child..."

"I can't answer this. It can't be a crossword puzzle, right?"

Chaoyang also smiled bitterly. If there is another sentence after it, such as a comment or an object, then he can force a guess. But the "poem" was presented in two languages ​​and was not followed by a tail, which made it impossible for him to guess.

"By the way, what's the date today?" Elodie suddenly asked nervously.

"Uh..." Chaoyang scanned the desk and bedside, but didn't find anything like a calendar, "I don't know...what's wrong?"

"I have read the records of Wanliji. The day when the Acropolis disappeared was October 5, 714. The first person to observe the strange phenomenon was a woodcutter from Qianlinbao. The Laurel Dynasty then sent troops to rescue, but no one escaped. Leaving the foggy area means that everyone in this city...is dead."

Chaoyang immediately understood what the angel meant.

If this is really the Acropolis, how long will it take before it is destroyed? If there are no survivors...will they also be included?

"Don't scare yourself first, we haven't confirmed yet that this must be the Acropolis." Chaoyang said pretending to be relaxed, resisting the chill rising from the soles of his feet.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

The two of them looked at each other, secretly thinking something was wrong.

"Open the door quickly, Mr. Balif, I know you are inside!" The visitor even shouted, his tone seemed quite impatient, "The Governor wants to summon you, get up quickly!"

Okay... Now Chaoyang knows the name of the original owner of his body.

"Go and open the door. The longer you delay, the more suspicious you will be." Elodie said decisively.

"how about you?"

"I went back to bed and pretended to have just woken up. The relationship between these two people should not be in the dark."

That's all.

Chaoyang loosened the collar of her nightgown and deliberately pretended to be sleepy, "Stop screaming, I'll open the door right now!"

After the door opened, a man wearing tawny woolen clothes almost "bumped" in. He glanced quickly, and then his eyes fell on Elodie, with a look of disdain in his eyes. "Change quickly."

"Why don't you...wait outside the house?"

"No, I'm just watching from here." The other party said coldly.

Chaoyang was unsure of the situation, so he could only change into a set of gray robes in front of the other party, "Okay, let's go."

"I'll leave the house to you to search."

Since this is Barif's residence, there will be more or less clues left to determine his identity. He wanted to check it carefully, but now he could only leave this task to his good partner.

After the two left the house, they crossed a narrow suspension bridge and went directly to the third floor of a tower opposite. Chaoyang noticed that compared to the messy and dense bungalows in the distance, the area he was in seemed to be a high point in the city. The houses were basically more than three floors, and the towers connected by suspension bridges between the buildings were as high as six floors. There is no higher house than this in the city.

Apparently the "Mr. Governor" the other party calls lives in this landmark building.

"Can you see my vision?"

"Yes, it's clear." Elodie replied with consciousness.

"That obelisk doesn't seem to be in the city."

"It's normal. If ordinary people could have witnessed such a strange thing, the news would have spread throughout the country."

"What if I get caught?" Chaoyang searched his mind countless times, but couldn't find any memory about Barif - no information, no guidance, if this is a paradise game, then the start is too hellish.

"To be honest, I don't know. But I believe you can get away with it... because you are a devil."

Is this a consolation?

Chaoyang found that he could only bite the bullet.

"When did you get together with Bai Li?" The man who led the way asked abruptly.

"...Huh?"

"Although she is just a lowly maid sent to take care of you, she is the governor's subordinate after all. If you want to play with women, there are plenty of them in brothels, don't put your hands in the company, understand?"

His last sentence already had a warning meaning.

"You have the final say." Chaoyang said perfunctorily.

"What, I'm actually a maid!" Elodie shouted in dissatisfaction.

"At least we know your name, Miss Bai Li."

"Call me Elodie!"

After the shouting, the other side shouted excitedly, "Hey, I found something good! Guess what I found?"

"You are still keeping it a secret at this time?"

"A work notebook, maybe it was written by this person named Barif! It was stored in the dressing cabinet, and there was a pistol hidden inside."

Pistol? Most people would not possess such a weapon. But Chaoyang was more concerned about the content of the notebook at this moment, "Take a look, what is written on it?"

"Well... It's a diary, and the first page says it's 714. Judging from the location record, they seem to be looking for something... Got it, page 32... A new energy source?"

Many related professions immediately popped up in Chaoyang's mind.

Explorer? Miner? Engineer? Geologist?

"Keep looking."

"On March 22, we narrowed the scope to a cave under the cliff on the beach... In April, the passage was flooded by seawater, killing more than 50 people. The bodies could not be found, so we had to recruit more people."

"On May 6, Lord Haiboman came here in person and began to take over the company's work. After listening to my report, he decided to forcibly recruit people on the spot and expand the excavation team."

"In June, we found a man-made wall. If the premise of this matter is correct, then the legendary energy must be here."

"July 15, this is not a wall... This is a fucking underground city! We... can't find the entrance!"

"The Governor is waiting for you inside." The man suddenly stopped in front of a bronze door, "Mr. Barif, go in."