"Why did Montis write a 'price' at the end, and it was a question mark?" Long Yuehong looked at the book Bai Chen showed to herself and others, and said not too understanding.
Bai Chen did not answer his question, but only pointed out a fact:
"When writing the word 'price', Monteith was obviously very emotional, the pen was very heavy, the ink stains were a little exaggerated, and there were traces on the other side of the paper."
"...... price" Jiang Baimian whispered this word, constantly making various assumptions in his mind and denying them.
Shang Jianyao made a mocking voice:
"What's so exciting about the 'price' that needs to be written down so hard?
"I really don't know anything!"
Hearing this guy's words, Jiang Baimian's heart moved, he looked around and said:
"Could it be that Montis didn't know the price of gaining ability at the time?
"So much so that after he found that his emotions were becoming more and more difficult to control, combined with his knowledge of the occult, he suspected that he had unknowingly paid the price......"
The occult book where Bai Chen found the word "price" is related to the devil.
Several of its chapters mention mortals selling their souls in exchange for power, money, body, or beauty from the devil.
"But didn't you say that the 'Hall of Stars' has been echoing with the voice of 'one price, three gifts'? As an awakened person, it is impossible for Montis not to hear or be unclear......" Long Yuehong expressed his opinion.
He wanted to use Shang Jianyao as an example to enhance his persuasiveness, after all, this guy's brain is no longer normal and he knows the price, but after thinking about it, he still decided not to set himself on fire.
As soon as Long Yuehong finished speaking, Jiang Baimian said with a more serious face:
"What if that's the case? Does Montessori really not know the price of awakening?
"Didn't his awakening pass the 'Hall of Stars'?
"Or rather, the 'Hall of Stars' did not exist at that time?"
Bai Chen and Long Yuehong were shocked at the same time, Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and slapped his left palm:
"I understand!"
"What do you understand?" Jiang Baimian asked suspiciously.
Shang Jianyao said solemnly:
"The destruction of the old world is due to the chaos and disorder of the promotion of the awakened, just like the Brownian movement, which leads to an increase in entropy, and finally reaches a critical point, and the symbol of chaos 'heartlessness' breaks out.
"After the destruction of the old world, the elders learned the hard way and built the 'Hall of Stars', 'Sea of Origin', 'Spiritual Corridor' and 'New World', incorporating awakening into management and giving it order."
This brain hole is quite good...... What entertainment materials have you read recently! Jiang Baimian glanced at Long Yuehong and Bai Chen, who were in a daze, cleared his throat and said:
"The reasons behind this phenomenon do not need to be discussed for the time being, what we need to confirm now is:
"Montese doesn't know if there is a price, is it because he didn't have the 'Hall of Stars' when he awakened, or because he had been to Tieshan City, visited the Second Food Company, and received some kind of 'blessing', so that he bypassed the 'Hall of Stars' and completed the awakening, which is equivalent to smuggling?"
Long Yuehong couldn't judge which one might be right, so she had to say in the spirit of empirical evidence:
"Let's look through the books here again to see what words Montiz left behind, if not, the answer to the question may be in the ruins of Tieshan City."
"Well......" Jiang Baimian nodded slowly, "Let's find out and take a look at all the related books, including religion, occultism, supernatural power research, unsolved mysteries of the world, novels in corresponding fields......"
This is a big project, and seeing that noon is approaching, the "old tune team" has not even completed one-tenth.
"Huh, you can't abuse yourself like this." Jiang Baimian stretched, "When you see the fishmen come back, take out some supplies and ask a dozen or twenty Ark residents to help with the preliminary screening. They don't need to know the words, just pick out books with annotations and notes."
Oh...... Long Yuehong held back the words that came to her mouth.
"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Shang Jianyao looked "aggrieved", "Otherwise, the task is at least half completed now."
Jiang Baimian laughed twice:
"I underestimated the difficulty."
I can't say I'm too eager, my mind is full of finding the next book with Montese's "annotations", and I forgot to ask someone to help with this stubble, right?
Shang Jianyao didn't care about Jiang Baimian's explanation at all, he had already put his emotions behind him just now, touched his stomach and said:
"What to eat for lunch?"
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At two o'clock in the afternoon, the "Old Tune Team" followed the smuggling team organized by the "Underground Boat Boat" to the shore of Nuhu Lake.
There is an abandoned dock located in the middle of nowhere, far from the Redstone Collection.
It has been repaired by the Ark Management Committee and used to moor the ships it has obtained.
After moving the box containing cans and medicines onto a small cargo ship, Bode, who commanded the operation, quickly invited Jiang Baimian and others to go up.
In the sound of the steam turbines turning, the small brown cargo ship swung around the water waves and sailed towards the depths of Nu Lake.
After turning and turning, the ship arrived at a desolate island in the middle of the lake.
This island is not big, far from being comparable to the island in the middle of the lake where Yan Hu sleeps, it can see the end at a glance from the front, back, left and right, and is connected to the lake reflecting the sun.
"Let's go to the island and wait." Bald, who had freckles on his face, pointed to the strange rocky island in front of him.
Without waiting for Long Yuehong and others to ask, he explained a few words:
"We have to beware of the fish-man turning his face.
"On the lake, in the water, we are not their opponents at all, and they refuse to leave the Nu Lake and come to the shore to trade with us, so they can only choose such an island as the meeting place.
"Although this island is not too big, it can be built to resist attacks from ships, and once the fishman is really malicious, we will hold on and send a telegram to ask for support.
"At that time, using the drone we got more than half a year ago to cooperate with the awakened people should be able to snatch us out."
Yes, the original ordinary guards are now doing things in order...... Jiang Baimian secretly praised and asked on this topic:
"What is the attitude of those awakened people?"
She was referring to the Awoken ones that Dimarco raised.
"Two of them are very active and have now been absorbed into the management committee. It's something that can't be helped, and their ability is very useful to us." Bode replied truthfully, "The rest are unwilling to take on management responsibilities, but we also give them high treatment."
Indeed, if the management committee does not have enough strength, it will be overthrown sooner or later...... Jiang Baimian also had the idea of deterring those who had awakened when she was in the "underground boat", and she believed that she could not completely rely on vigilant churches.
At this time, Shang Jianyao was bored waiting, straining his waist and abdomen, and played the standing long jump.
He jumped directly from the edge of the cargo ship to the island, without stepping on the board.
Bode and the others all jumped their foreheads.
Is this a monster?
Seeing this, Jiang Baimian no longer delayed, jumped to the board of the boat in small steps, and walked onto the island.
Long Yuehong and Bai Chen followed.
After almost a quarter of an hour, the fishermen arrived at the trading place in a wooden pleasure boat.
They actually collected various ships scattered in Lake Nu, and their ancestors passed down the corresponding repair technology, but due to the lack of gasoline, steel, batteries and other resources, many ships either cannot be repaired at all, or they cannot be repaired even if they are repaired.
In comparison, old wooden boats are more suitable for them.
Looking at the gray-black faces with a faint glow, looking at their bulging white and black eyes and the gills below the ears to the neck, Long Yuehong felt dizzy and felt that she had face blindness.
For a while, he could only rely on his tall, short, fat and thin to remember those fishmen.
The tall fishman at the head swept his eyes around, and suddenly jumped back two steps and landed on the shore, getting closer and closer to the lake.
When the rest of the fishmen were in a commotion, he raised his palm covered with gray and black scales, pointed at Jiang Baimian and the others, and said in Red River language:
"Who are they?
"They didn't have so many transactions before!"
In order to dispel the vigilance of the fish people, the smuggling team organized by the Ark Management Committee tried to be as consistent as possible every time, and if anyone really couldn't participate at that time, they would rather have one less person.
Hey, these fishmen were forced by life to almost believe in "Yougu", and they were vigilant to a certain extent...... Jiang Baimian looked sideways at Bode and motioned for him to deal with it.
Without waiting for Bode to explain, Shang Jianyao laughed:
"We are the honorary presidents of the Ark Management Committee, the bosses behind the smuggling business.
"Don't worry, if I really want to deal with you, I can do it a long time ago, why wait until now?"
This is not a very convincing statement, and even Bode and others feel that it is full of loopholes.
They thought that the fishmen would definitely not believe it, so they hurriedly blocked Shang Jianyao from behind, trying to use the rhetoric prepared by President Ulrich to dispel the fishmen's vigilance.
——Bode and others knew that Jiang Baimian and the others were very powerful, and blocking Shang Jianyao was not afraid that the fishmen would turn their faces, in order to resolve conflicts and avoid conflicts, so as not to achieve the intended goal.
But at this time, the fishman who was the leader took the initiative to walk back, looked at Shang Jianyao, nodded and said:
"You're right."
Although the other fishmen did not speak, they supported the leader with their actions.
While Bode and others were surprised, Jiang Baimian said thoughtfully:
"We came this time to exchange materials for intelligence."
"What information?" The leader of the fishman was full of doubts.
Jiang Baimian said seriously:
"How long did the first people in your tribe who landed on the island in the center of the lake wait for the divine messenger at that time, and where were they waiting?"
The fishman's eyes seemed to bulge even more, and he blurted out in astonishment:
"What are you asking this for?"
Jiang Baimian's heart moved, changed the question, and asked urgently:
"How are they now?"
The leading fishman was silent for a few seconds, and said in a tone full of fear:
"They, they, all have 'heartless disease'."
(End of this chapter)