A dignified woman in a lab coat walked to a closed laboratory door and knocked lightly.
"Dr. Xue, you have an important meeting in the afternoon and it's time to leave."
"Push it." A cold female voice soon came from inside the door.
The female assistant knew that the doctor would answer like this, so she couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "But the higher-ups have requested that everyone must be present at this meeting. It cannot be postponed..."
"Then tell them that my research is at the most critical step and I have no time."
Hearing this, the assistant sighed softly. Dr.
"But Dr. Xue, this is one of the highest-level meetings initiated by the parliament. Even Mr. Huang attended."
She waited quietly for two seconds. Seeing that there was no movement in the laboratory, she was not anxious. Instead, she changed her words as if unintentionally, "It is said that the content of this meeting is related to the recent changes in the restricted area. I don't know if it will be."
Involving the interesting forbidden stone monument..."
"Bang!"
Before he finished speaking, the door of the laboratory was suddenly opened by a white hand, and a woman with disheveled hair appeared in front of the assistant.
The woman is tall and wearing a loose lab coat. She has hip-length hair and very long bangs, as if she hasn't trimmed them for a long time. She wears a pair of rimless glasses on the bridge of her straight nose, and a pair of goggles on the outside.
, together with bangs, covered half of her face.
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and lead the way."
Seeing that the assistant was motionless, the woman couldn't help but speak a little more urgently. She took off her lab coat and walked outside the institute, turning to the left in a hurry.
Seeing this, the assistant shook his head helplessly and reminded loudly: "Doctor, you are wrong, the conference room is on the right!"
"I didn't know I had told you earlier."
A moment later, the woman's figure appeared at the door again, hurriedly walking to the right, with some expectation in her tone, "Hurry up and lead the way, let me see what new stone tablets need to be studied..."
You need to be guided at such a close distance. I have obviously been to the conference room several times...
The assistant was slandering in his heart, but said nothing more and hurriedly ran out to lead the way for the woman.
Who could have imagined that this woman, who could not even remember the route within a few hundred meters, was actually Xue Hongyu, a famous genius stone tablet researcher today?
Under the leadership of the assistant, the two people soon arrived in front of a black iron gate.
The gate is engraved with complex patterns, and there is something similar to a scanning machine on the left, which seems to be a combination of technology and extraordinary power.
Xue Hongyu was impatient, but even if she was as famous as she was, she still had to go through a series of inspections before entering the conference room.
First, she was searched by the men in black outside the door, and then the iris facial recognition was performed through the instrument. Finally, the final identity was confirmed by three extraordinary people with unknown abilities, and then she was allowed into the conference room.
The assistant did not have the authority to participate in such a meeting, so she could only stay where she was and wait. She looked at Xue Hongyu's back and reminded: "Dr. Xue, I'll wait for you at the door!"
"Um."
Xue Hongyu responded and stepped into the door.
As soon as she entered the room, the door behind her closed instantly with a dull sound.
The conference room was not big. There was only a huge long table in sight. The chairs around it were almost full of people. Xue Hongyu looked around and randomly found an empty seat to sit down.
Someone tried to talk to her, but she ignored them.
There was a white-haired old man sitting at the head of the long table. He had been closing his eyes and concentrating, as if he was asleep. It was not until Xue Hongyu sat down that he seemed to feel something, and slowly opened his eyes.
Circle around the room.
"Is everyone here?"
He spoke slowly, his voice was like a bell, and there was no trace of old age, which inexplicably gave people a sense of peace of mind.
Hearing the old man speak, everyone in the conference room stood up solemnly. Even Xue Hongyu, who had always been impatient, straightened his expression and bowed seriously to the old man, showing great respect.
One person replied: "Mr. Huang, except for the director of the Adjudication Department who personally led the people to clear out the A-level restricted area, the representatives of the other departments of the parliament have already arrived."
"Everyone, please sit down." The old man known as Mr. Huang nodded slightly and said with a smile, "Since everyone is here, let's start the meeting?"
As everyone sat down, the conference room was extremely quiet, and you could hear a pin drop.
Seeing that no one had any objections, the smile on Mr. Huang's face disappeared and was replaced by deep solemnity: "Let's talk about the first thing today... Just last night, Jiye City completely lost contact."
Hearing this, there was an uproar in the conference room. Although everyone knew that this meeting was very important, obviously no one expected that such explosive news would be released at the beginning of the meeting——
Lost contact in the city!
In this era, losing contact is basically equivalent to destroying the city.
"Is it related to the restricted area?"
After a brief commotion, Yang Buwei, one of the members of the parliament, thought for a moment and judged, "Jiye City is adjacent to the S-level restricted area of Dayless Hell, so is there something wrong with Dayless Hell?"
Everyone was stunned, and someone immediately retorted: "The creatures in the restricted area cannot leave the restricted area at all, so how can it be possible for Jiye City to be destroyed?"
"Listen to me first."
Huang Lao signaled the two of them to stop talking and said calmly, "According to the report of the Investigation Department, Jiye City was not destroyed, but completely disappeared."
"Total disappearance, what does that mean?"
"That's what it means literally." The director of the Investigation Department solemnly said, "My people told me that the entire Jiye City, including the people and the city, has disappeared, not a brick or a tile is left, as if it had been uprooted.
All that was left was a large open space.”
Everyone looked at him.
After a pause, he continued, "My judgment is consistent with that of Councilor Yang. The biggest suspect that can make Jiye City completely disappear is obviously Wuday Hell, and as far as I know, Wuday Hell has indeed made some changes recently.
"
Someone nodded and said: "I also agree. Except for the restricted area, I am afraid that even an S-class transcendent cannot completely disappear a city."
"But creatures in the restricted area cannot leave the restricted area, and their power cannot radiate outwards. They should not be able to affect Jiye City. I think there is another hidden reason."
"You may have forgotten Huangquan."
At this moment, Xue Hongyu said lazily, "The current base of the Huangquan organization is the former S-level restricted area Huangquan. Do you need me to help you recall how turbulent the Huangquan was back then?"
The man was stunned and immediately speechless.
Xue Hongyu continued: "Also, my research will never go wrong, so I will repeat my latest research results on the restricted area stone tablet -"
"The restricted area is not a restraint, let alone a protection."
Her tone was extremely confident, but no one present raised any doubts. In fact, as a stele researcher who devoted almost all his time to the restricted area stele, Xue Hongyu's research had indeed never gone wrong.
"If you put it this way, it seems that Red Fish also supports Xiao Yang's judgment?" Huang Lao, who was in charge, asked with interest.
"That's not true. I just think that the statement 'creatures in restricted areas cannot leave the restricted area' is not rigorous enough."
Xue Hongyu said seriously, "Others may not know it, but everyone here should understand this. Although the probability is very small, it is still possible for creatures in the restricted area to leave the restricted area."
As she said that, she suddenly became excited, "Mr. Huang, I haven't studied the stone tablets of Dayless Hell yet. Why don't you take me to Jiye City to have a look? Maybe I can find clues?"
"That's not possible. Jiye City is a bit weird now, so it's better not to act rashly." Huang Lao shook his head.
"What if there are still survivors in Jiye City?" Xue Hongyu asked worriedly.
"We must ensure our own survival first, and then we can have the energy to worry about the situation of others."
Mr. Huang said calmly, "Let the Investigation Department focus on Jiye City for now, see if we can find any useful clues, and then conduct a blanket search after confirming that there are no problems."
"Yes." The director of the Investigation Department nodded.
Mr. Huang continued: "The second thing, you may all know that there are quite a few restricted areas that have seen changes recently, and at 1:31 today, this change seemed to have suddenly reached a peak -
"
"A large amount of paper ashes floated out from many restricted areas, which are suspected to be the remains of the burned coins. Fortunately, the paper ashes themselves do not seem to have any extraordinary abilities, so they did not cause any adverse effects."
Hearing this, everyone looked thoughtful, and Xue Hongyu became even more interested: "Is there a pattern?"
"There is no pattern." Mr. Huang shook his head and said, "But there is no doubt that there has been no such big change in the restricted area for two hundred years, but it happened today. There is definitely a fuse behind this incident."
Someone analyzed: "The only thing that can cause abnormal movement in the restricted area is the restricted area. Could this be some kind of signal?"
Yang Buwei frowned and said: "Is it possible that it has something to do with the Huangquan organization? After all, they are rooted in the S-level restricted area Huangquan. Maybe they can use Huangquan to get something done."
"It shouldn't be the case. If something was going to happen, it would have been done a long time ago. Moreover, the Yamas who were in charge of Huang Quan were not at Huang Quan's base camp at that time. Instead, they gathered together to do another thing..." The director of the Investigation Department looked a little strange.
"Oh?" Everyone asked curiously, "What are they doing?"
"Play mahjong."
"..."
There was a sudden silence in the conference room.
Several Yamas in Huangquan are all at least A-level extraordinary people, and they are also the heads of a large organization. Such a powerful group of guys gather together to play mahjong instead of doing business...
Really...
It really fits everyone’s perception of them.
There are indeed a few days in a month when these guys are out of tune...
"Let people pay more attention to Huangquan, not only Huangquan, but also the forces stationed in the restricted area." Huang Lao said.
Someone suggested: "How about asking each city district to report on the current situation of the restricted areas near them?"
Hearing this, Yang Buwei shook his head and said: "Nowadays, each city district has its own little thoughts. We may not be told what happens in the city, even if it is related to the restricted area."
"No, everyone should still know the importance of this kind of thing, right?"
"That's not necessarily the case. You might as well take a look at the taboo sequences that have appeared recently."
The director of the Investigation Department cleared his throat and said: "The sequence rooms of each city district are separated from the parliament, so all the records are summarized in the parliament's sequence room, but I don't know which city district they come from."
"The appearance of taboo sequences is often related to the restricted area, which may hide the truth about the forbidden movement. Therefore, I investigated all the taboo sequences that appeared in the past month and found some interesting things, including S-level taboo sequences.
."
Everyone looked as usual. Although S-level taboo sequences were rare, as senior members of the parliament, they still knew a lot about them. Moreover, they also understood the reasons why the various districts did not report this information.
Take it as your own.
But if it fails, the costs will have to be borne by these urban areas themselves.
Maybe Jiye City disappeared like this.
"There are two most interesting pieces of information, you can take a look."
The director of the Investigation Department turned on the projector and showed two pieces of information to everyone——
"Forbidden Sequence S-Gravekeeper, a living creature with the same appearance as a normal human male, unknown appearance characteristics, unknown habits, unknown special abilities, and unknown means of elimination."
"Note that this is the third collection of information on this taboo sequence. Combined with existing information, the results of its characteristic analysis are as follows."
"Characteristic one, the tombkeeper ignores the regular rules of the restricted area and has the ability to enter and exit the restricted area at will."
"Characteristic two, the tombkeeper is familiar with basic human common sense, language and conventional logical cognition."
"Characteristic three. After analysis, the tombkeeper has his own unique thinking logic, and his understanding of the world seems to have remained before the emergence of the restricted area, that is, around 2160."
"For any special thing beyond self-awareness, the gravekeeper will show a certain degree of slow thinking, and may use a series of means such as neglect, self-hypnosis, and logical distortion to eliminate the impact of the thing on himself."
"After judgment, this may be some kind of self-protection mechanism of the tombkeeper."
"Insufficient information, additional features have not yet been obtained."
"Attention! Attention! Attention!"
"The gravekeepers must not be allowed to realize that the world has undergone drastic changes. Please use all possible methods to keep them in a state of ignorance... until that moment comes."
"Otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."
Everyone's expressions changed slightly, and they looked at the second document. There was only one sentence on it——
"The silent one has awakened."
After reading it, Xue Hongyu was the first to say: "Something's wrong."
"What's wrong?" Huang Lao asked curiously.
"Let's talk about the Gravekeeper first. Its characteristics are quite interesting, but let's not talk about it for now - there is not only one active taboo sequence, but have you seen any taboo sequence before that can't leave the restricted area?"
Everyone was stunned and quickly turned around. Yes, the taboo sequence is something that can be taken out of the restricted area. Naturally, the tomb guard should be like this, but why is the feature of the tomb guard being able to enter and exit the restricted area so criticized?
Specifically marked?
"What does this mean?" Although Yang Buwei was asking, he actually already had the answer in his heart.
"It means that the tomb keeper is not a taboo sequence." Xue Hongyu said lightly, "At least it is not a pure taboo sequence."
"It is most likely a forbidden creature, a forbidden creature that ignores the rules of the stone tablet."
Everyone's heart sank.
While it is a taboo sequence, it is also a forbidden creature...
Could this be some way of escaping from the restricted area?
Xue Hongyu continued: "As for the description in the second document, it is too short. There is nothing except the name. This obviously does not conform to the usual description of the sequence room, so there is also a problem."
Mr. Huang looked at the director of the Investigation Department, with a sullen tone in his voice: "Where did these two records come from first?"
Such an unusual taboo sequence was not reported to the council immediately. Have these districts really forgotten the council?
"The specific urban area cannot be determined yet, but after analysis and exclusion, it should be in the east."
"Further narrowing the scope, it should be Dongyang City, Yueyin City, Starlight City, Luochen City, one of the four cities of Sun, Moon and Stars."