Restricted area grave keeper

"God of foolishness..."

After listening to Xue Hongyu's words, everyone in the audience looked solemn, especially the representatives of the city districts that were close to the restricted area, all of them turned pale, fearing that one day they would repeat the same mistakes as Polar Night City.

Everyone has a vague premonition... This weird world is beginning to reveal a corner of the truth to them for the first time.

Many of them have never heard of the existence of gods before. The first time they heard of the existence of gods was at yesterday's meeting. authenticity is questionable.

And from Xue Hongyu's description just now, we can know that the destruction of Extreme Night City is most likely the work of a god... a real god!

—and this is undoubtedly the closest god-related event known to them.

Compared with Xue Hongyu's words, the description after the second Yan Luo made everyone feel shuddering.

Everyone in Extreme Night City did not die in battle, but committed suicide at the same time after the whole city prayed... There was no resistance, no struggle, but willingly sacrificed their lives. Gives people a kind of fear that goes deep into the bone marrow.

Everyone present was not afraid of dying in battle, but it was hard to accept this kind of inexplicable death when they couldn't even fight. Whenever they thought that maybe they would have to deal with such a situation in the future, they felt a deep feeling in their hearts. despair—

After all, in the dream of the second Yan Luo, they and the gods will have a battle one day in the near future. This is a foreknowledge and an irreversible future.

Just one shot can make all the people in a city commit suicide collectively, and this is a god who is suspected to be in a sealed state... Everyone really can't imagine how terrifying a god in its heyday will be, will it really be with them? Are the gods in your understanding the same?

——Invincible, omnipotent, mortals like them have no possibility of resistance.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the meeting room was suddenly so heavy, Xue Hongyu didn't intend to comfort everyone, but just looked at them silently.

Her task is to analyze and explain, while the task of these people in the audience is to accept and understand, it's that simple, she has no obligation to appease these people.

After being silent for a long time, someone from the audience suddenly asked, "Dr. Xue, why did that foolish god attack Extreme Night City?"

Hearing this, everyone withdrew their thoughts one after another, and all looked at him with strange expressions.

It's not that they think this question is so valuable, but that the person who asked this question is too stupid. They still have to ask such a thing, and they don't know how they came to attend the meeting...

"Of course it's to get out of trouble."

Xue Hongyu explained, "According to my guess, each restricted area exists to seal the gods—no, it should not only be the gods who are sealed... because there are too many restricted areas, if someone really has the power It is enough to seal so many gods, so he can exchange for more effective methods, such as directly killing the gods..."

She looked thoughtful.

It can be seen that Xue Hongyu's deduction is not perfect. After all, he only got the relevant information last night, and he was in a hurry to organize and think about it. Therefore, he is not only explaining his own views to everyone at this moment, but also taking this opportunity to Analyze and revise these conjectures. …

She seemed to be in a hurry, as if she was in a hurry, so that she had to come to an accurate conclusion as soon as possible.

After a while, Xue Hongyu said in a deep voice: "So my previous conclusion should be wrong, and now I am going to correct it - the restricted area should have appeared to seal some unknown existences, but its core purpose at the beginning was to target the gods. As for other existences, it should only be incidental..."

Everyone looked thoughtful.

Xue Hongyu spoke in a hurry, and said self-consciously: "Although the people who created the restricted area can seal the gods, they can't kill the gods, so they thought of a way - that is to use a certain method to continuously extract The power of the gods makes them a little bit weaker, and this part of the power will be used to nourish other existences in the forbidden zone, which is what we call forbidden creatures."

"Not only that, but the extracted power will also be used to stabilize the seal and maintain the rules of the forbidden area, and at the same time, it will be used to react on the sealed god itself, using the power of the god to seal the god... What a clever design."

Everyone looked at each other, their expressions changed. Xue Hongyu seemed to have just come to these conclusions. I don't know if she really has relevant evidence. Does Huang Quan have so much information about the restricted area?

Xue Hongyu didn't seem to be making a statement at the moment, but more like making an inference. However, judging from her tone, she seemed quite certain about the correctness of this part of her guess.

No wonder people in the world always say that Xue Hongyu's value is extremely high. If everything she said is correct, then at least human beings can prepare for it now, instead of only learning the desperate news when the next god escapes. .

Pausing for a moment, Xue Hongyu continued: "What follows is more of my guess, which may not be accurate—not to mention the other restricted areas, but I think at least the restricted areas used to seal the gods must have guards and other roles. .”

Everyone nodded. This possibility is relatively high. The reason why those existences tried so hard to seal the gods was obviously because the gods were their enemies, and in order to prevent these enemies from getting out of trouble, it was normal to send guards to guard them strictly.

In other words, they would make the same judgment.

And at this moment, someone in the audience suddenly realized a problem.

"Wait, if there are guards at the location of the gods, then the reason why the God of Idiot was able to wreak havoc in the Hell without Days in the first place, doesn't it mean that the guards responsible for guarding him are dead?"

This is of course obvious.

Xue Hongyu nodded and said: "In my opinion, it should be like this. In fact, everyone may wish to think about it, what was the hell like in the past?"

However, Dayless Hell is located in a remote location. Although everyone present had heard of it, most of them didn’t know much about it, so He Shang said: “I heard that the previous Dayless Hell was not a long night, but intermittent. It’s daytime, and the dim sky can’t affect places outside the restricted area... Now that I think about it, the reason why the Hell of No Days has changed is probably due to the influence of the gods.”

"Yes." Xue Hongyu pondered, "So now I have a guess - when the rules of a restricted area change, it means that the existence sealed in the restricted area has initially escaped."…

As if remembering something, the expressions of Lu Zhan, Xu Han, and Huang Quan changed at the same time.

Only Xue Hongyu continued: "I believe that most of you here have heard about the Dongyang City Equality Paradise back then, but since that incident was blocked, you probably don't know the details."

"And I can tell you now that there is likely to be a god in Equality Paradise—and it is precisely because of the Equality Paradise incident that the expansion of the restricted area will be accelerated."

Everyone's expressions changed drastically. Now the word "God" is like a plague to them. They really don't want to hear it anymore. At the beginning, they were dissatisfied with the incident of the Parliament's Huangquan blocking the Paradise of Equality. Now they know that ignorance is indeed a kind of happiness.

The incident about Equality Paradise did attract a lot of people's attention at the beginning. After all, they heard that Huang Quan and the council had rushed there, so it must be a big event, but they didn't know the specific situation until now.

"Let's talk about the Paradise of Equality later, let's return the incident to Hell without Day." Xue Hongyu said, "I think the reason why the God of Idiot would kill the entire population of Extreme Night City, and to listen to the people of Yu Village rules interfere because
Its purpose is simple, that is, he wants to get out of the restricted area completely and gain real freedom. "

Completely out of the restricted area...

Everyone's faces were ugly, and they really didn't dare to think about it. If a god really appeared outside the entrance one day in the future, how would they deal with it?

Are gods communicable beings?

"However, since we haven't received a tragedy similar to that of Extreme Night City so far, it should mean that the god didn't get out of trouble as he wished, right?"

When everyone was in a panic, Yan's voice sounded faintly, "Since the restricted area was specially prepared for sealing the gods, it is obviously not easy to crack. I think the original sealer may have left a corresponding backup."

"indeed so."

Xue Hongyu took a deep look at her and asked, "May I ask your opinion?"

Yan said: "If all the people killed in Jiye City are compared to sacrifices, and Tingyu Village is used as the place to launch the ceremony, then the God of Idiot should want to reproduce the disappearance of the rain in Tingyu Village. ——by distorting the rules, thereby distorting the fact that he was sealed, and allowing himself to reappear in the world..."

"And this is the truth about the destruction of Extreme Night City."

Xue Hongyu pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I want to ask you about the backhand left behind by the sealer?"

"I don't know, it's your responsibility to find this point." Yan replied, "But if it were me, apart from adding guards to the sealed place and constantly weakening the sealed gods, the only thing I can do is to continue to strengthen the seal ...and find a way to completely keep the gods in the restricted area."

"You mean kill?"

"Of course." Yan said meaningfully, "About this... we have actually witnessed it, haven't we?"

Everyone was taken aback when they heard the words. It seems that the council and Huang Quan really have something to hide from them...

Xue Hongyu was noncommittal: "Indeed, the power of the gods is constantly being weakened, and this power is used to enhance the power of the forbidden creatures, and if the guards are included in the forbidden creatures, then they may also benefit from the power of the gods... …If you think about it this way, it should be these guards who killed the gods, but now the guards are dead.”…

Yan shook her head and said: "I don't know what I said, but since the gods are in a sealed state, how did they break through the guards and break the seal? This is worth exploring."

Xue Hongyu lowered his head in deep thought for a long time before raising his head after about 10 minutes.

"It's time."

However, she only said these three words, and then did not continue, as if she had doubts about certain situations.

The audience was silent.

Compared to what the two had just discussed, they cared more about a question—that is, whether the ignorant god really got out of trouble and came outside the restricted area?

However, as Yan said just now, they have not received any news about the gods and the huge disaster during this period, which may mean that there is a mistake in the escape of the foolish god, and he still remains in the endless hell. .

But on this point, they have no way to verify it for the time being.

But right now, no news is the best news, and they can only comfort themselves in this way, and hope that the parliament can think of a corresponding solution before then.

Although they have long lost trust in the parliament, when the real problem comes, they still have to put their hope in the parliament.

At least if it wasn't for Xue Hongyu's explanation, their eyes would still be darkened. From this point of view, the council is still very important.

Lu Zhan thought for a long time, then suddenly raised his hand and asked, "Dr. Xue, I want to ask about your explanation of 'the restricted area is not a restraint, let alone a protection'. Now that it has been confirmed that the restricted area is used to seal the gods, how can you Have more ideas?"

Xue Hongyu replied: "About this question... I still stick to my previous opinion. I have already thought about the specific explanation, but I can't tell you yet."

"why?"

"Because I'm afraid it will interfere with your judgment."

The idea in Lu Zhan's mind continued to magnify, so he hurriedly asked: "What judgment? Do you think the existence of the sealed gods is our enemy or friend?"

Xue Hongyu recognized him and guessed what he was thinking, so he calmly said: "When you asked this question, you should have an answer in your heart—I'm not sure if the answer is correct , so I can’t say it out loud, can you understand this explanation?”

In a sense, the position of the parliament is the position of all human beings, and the position of the parliament is largely determined by her——on such an important issue, without the support of accurate information, she cannot easily give concluded.

She must take responsibility for this.

"What do you mean?" Someone suggested after hearing that the lake was smeared, "No matter what kind of existence seals the gods, whether it is human or not, it doesn't matter if we are friends or enemies, but as the saying goes, an enemy of an enemy is a friend. We have no other choice now, have we?"

One person echoed: "With our current power, we obviously can't compete with the gods. If we can really get in touch with those beings, I think it's worth a try with their power, even if it's dangerous."

Although the others didn't speak, they were obviously moved by this proposal. At least judging from the current situation, if they wanted to fight the gods in the future, they obviously needed external force. …

But the question now is... What exactly was the existence of the sealed god?
Yan Jingjing looked at Xue Hongyu on the stage, as if she was also waiting for her answer.

Xue Hongyu was silent for a long time, and did not directly answer everyone's doubts, but suddenly said: "Recently, I have actually analyzed some new content about the stone tablet in the restricted area."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then they heard her continue to say: "The secret of the stele in the restricted area does not lie in the stele itself, but lies under the stele."

Some people thought for a moment, and couldn't help wondering: "But the stone tablet itself cannot be removed. How did the council know that there is a secret under the stone tablet?"

Xue Hongyu asked back: "Then have you ever thought about why the stele cannot be removed?"

The inquirer's expression froze. He really hadn't thought about this question, but the restricted area itself is very strange. It doesn't seem strange that the stone monument, which is an important building, is special...

He tentatively asked, "Because of the strange power in the restricted area?"

Unexpectedly, Xue Hongyu shook his head and said: "No, on the contrary, the stone tablet itself does not have special power, and it doesn't even have much meaning, but if we want to talk about the real meaning... it is actually a tombstone."

After the voice fell, the entire conference room was suddenly dead silent. They had thought about countless answers, but they didn't think of this.

Yan suddenly stood up and asked, "Tombstone? Whose tombstone is it for?"

In fact, Xue Hongyu had never imagined in this direction before. It was only after seeing those tombstones in the cemetery of the gravekeeper that day that he suddenly had such an idea.

——Because the material of those tombstones is the same as that of the forbidden stone monuments.

That's why she suddenly wondered whether these forbidden stone monuments could also be a kind of tombstone.

So in the past six months, under her proposal, the council has sent a lot of people to do one thing.

That is to find a restricted area that has been cleared by the council and has a small area. Instead of directly touching the stele, enter the restricted area and dig down day after day.

During this period of continuous expansion of the exclusion zone, this process is undoubtedly very dangerous, so it seems meaningless that the Council has been suffering casualties, but it has not gained anything for a considerable period of time.

However, after careful consideration, Xue Hongyu gave up on this idea and asked everyone to continue digging.

And until a few days ago... this excavation finally had an answer.