Restricted area grave keeper

Chapter 98 The Disappearing Extreme Night City
Parliament, Stele Research Institute.

A dignified woman in a lab coat walked to a closed laboratory door and knocked lightly on the door.

"Dr. Xue, you have an important meeting this afternoon, and it's time to leave."

"Push." ​​A cold female voice came from inside the door.

The female assistant knew that the doctor would answer in this way, so she couldn't help but smiled wryly: "But the higher-ups have requested that everyone must be present for this meeting, and it can't be postponed..."

"Then tell them that my research is at the most critical stage and I don't have time."

Hearing this, the assistant sighed softly. Dr. Xue is still like this. He only knows how to tinker with the stone tablet in the restricted area all day long, and he doesn't care about anything else. He almost lives in the laboratory.

"But Dr. Xue, this is one of the highest-level meetings initiated by the parliament. Even Huang Lao went to it."

She waited quietly for two seconds. Seeing that there was no movement in the laboratory, she was not in a hurry, but changed her words unintentionally, "It is said that the content of this meeting has something to do with the recent changes in the restricted area, and I don't know if it will be It involves an interesting forbidden stone tablet..."

"Oh!"

Before the words were finished, the door of the laboratory was suddenly pulled open by a white hand, and a woman with disheveled hair appeared in front of the assistant.

The woman is tall and tall, wearing a loose lab coat, with hip-length hair and long bangs, as if she hasn't taken care of it for a long time. She wears a pair of rimless glasses on her straight nose, and a pair of goggles outside. , covering half of her face with bangs.

"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 urgently. While taking off her lab coat, she walked towards the outside of the research institute, and hurriedly turned to the left.

Seeing this, the assistant shook his head helplessly, and reminded loudly: "Doctor, you are on the wrong side, the conference room is on the right!"

"I don't know if I said it earlier."

After a while, the figure of the woman appeared at the door again, and hurriedly walked to the right, with some expectation in her tone, "Hurry up and lead the way, let me see what new steles need to be researched..."

I still need to lead the way at such a short distance, I have clearly been to the conference room several times...

The assistant slandered in his heart, but he didn't say much, and ran out to lead the woman.

Who could have imagined that this woman who couldn't even remember the route within a few hundred meters was actually Xue Hongyu, a well-known genius stele researcher?
Led by their assistants, the two soon came to a black iron gate.

There are intricate patterns engraved on the gate, 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 her, she still had to go through a series of checks before entering the meeting room.

First, she was searched by the man in black outside the door, then the iris facial recognition was performed by the instrument, and finally the identity was confirmed by three superhumans with unknown abilities, and then she was let into the conference room.

The assistant did not have the authority to participate in such meetings, so she could only stay where she was and wait. Looking at Xue Hongyu's back, she reminded, "Dr. Xue, I'll wait for you at the door!"

"Ah."

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 meeting room is not big, there is only a huge long table in front of the entrance, and the surrounding chairs are almost full of people. Xue Hongyu looked around, and randomly found an empty seat to sit down.

Someone tried to strike up a conversation with her, but she ignored it.

Sitting at the head of the long table was a white-haired old man. He had been closing his eyes and resting his mind, as if he had fallen asleep. It was not until Xue Hongyu sat down that he seemed to feel something in his heart. He slowly opened his eyes and looked Go around the room.

"Are they all there?"

He opened his mouth slowly, his voice was like a bell, without the aging spirit of an old man, it gave people an inexplicable sense of peace of mind.

Hearing the old man's words, everyone in the conference room stood up solemnly. Even Xue Hongyu, who had been acting rather impatient, straightened his expression and bowed seriously to the old man, showing great respect.

One person replied: "Old Huang, except for the director of the Judgment Department who personally brought people to clear the A-level restricted zone and failed to return, the representatives of the other departments of the council have arrived."

"Sit down." The old man known as Huang Lao nodded slightly and said with a smile, "Since everyone is here, the meeting will start?"

Everyone was seated, and the meeting room was exceptionally quiet, and a needle could be heard falling.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, the smile on Huang Lao's face disappeared, and was replaced by a deep solemnity: "Then let's talk about the first thing today... Just last night, Extreme Night City completely lost contact."

Hearing this, there was an uproar in the meeting 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——

The city is lost!

In this era, losing contact is basically equivalent to destroying a 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, "Extreme Night City is next to the S-level restricted area, so there is something wrong with the Dayless Hell?"

Everyone was stunned, and someone immediately retorted: "The creatures in the restricted area can't leave the restricted area at all, so how could it be possible to destroy the Extreme Night City?"

"Listen to me first."

Elder Huang signaled the two of them not to talk, and said calmly, "According to the investigation department's report, Extreme Night City has not been destroyed, but has completely disappeared."

"To disappear completely, what does this mean?"

"It literally means it." The director of the investigation department said solemnly, "My people told me that the entire Extreme Night City, including the people and the city, disappeared, not a single brick or tile was left, as if it had been uprooted. There is only a large open space left.”

Everyone looked at him.

After a pause, he continued, "My judgment is consistent with Councilor Yang's. The biggest suspect in making Polar Night City completely disappear is obviously the Hell of Never Day, and as far as I know, Hell of Never Day has indeed changed recently. "

Someone nodded and said: "I also agree, except for the restricted area, I am afraid that even an S-level transcendent can completely disappear a city."

"But creatures in the restricted area can't leave the restricted area, and their power can't radiate outward. It shouldn't be able to affect Polar Night City. I think there's something else hidden."

"You may have forgotten Huang Quan."

At this moment, Xue Hongyu said lazily, "The current base of the Huangquan organization is the former S-level forbidden Huangquan. Do you need me to help you recall how turbulent Huangquan was back then?"

The man froze for a moment, and was immediately speechless.

Xue Hongyu continued: "Also, my research will never make mistakes, so I will repeat my latest research results on the forbidden stone tablet—"

"The restricted area is not a restraint, let alone protection."

Her tone was extraordinarily confident, but no one questioned it. In fact, as a stele researcher who devoted almost all her time to the forbidden stele, Xue Hongyu's research had never missed a beat.

"In this way, it seems that Red Fish also supports Xiao Yang's judgment?" Huang Lao, who was at the top, asked with interest.

"That's not true. I just think that the statement that 'creatures in the restricted area 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, there is still a possibility for creatures in the restricted area to leave the restricted area."

As she said that, she suddenly became excited, "Old Huang, I haven't studied the stele of Hell Without Days yet, why don't you take me to Extreme Night City to have a look, maybe I can find clues?"

"That can't be done, the current Extreme Night City is a bit weird, it's better not to act rashly." Huang Lao shook his head and said.

"What if there are survivors in Extreme Night City?" Xue Hongyu worried.

"We need to ensure our own survival before we can worry about the situation of others."

Elder Huang said lightly, "Let's let the investigation department focus on Extreme Night City recently, see if we can find any useful clues, and conduct a blanket search after confirming that there are no problems."

"Yes." The director of the investigation department nodded.

Huang Lao continued: "The second thing, as you probably all know, there are not a few restricted areas where there have been abnormalities recently, and at 31:[-] noon today, this abnormality seems to have suddenly reached a peak—"

"A large amount of paper ashes floated out from many restricted areas. It is suspected that they are leftovers after the coins were burned. Fortunately, the paper ashes themselves do not seem to have any extraordinary abilities, so they did not cause any bad effects."

Hearing this, everyone looked thoughtful, and Xue Hongyu became even more interested: "Is there a rule?"

"There are no rules." Huang Lao shook his head and said, "But there is no doubt that there has not been such a big change in the restricted area for 200 years, but it happened today. There is definitely a fuse behind this incident."

Someone analyzed: "The only thing that can cause a change in the restricted area should be 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 of ​​Huangquan, maybe they can use Huangquan to do something."

"Probably not, it has been done long ago, and the Yan Luos who were in charge of Huang Quan at that time were not in Huang Quan's headquarters, but 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 majiang."

"..."

There was a sudden silence in the meeting room.

The Yan Luos in Huangquan are at least A-level transcendents, and they are also the heads of a large organization. Such a powerful group of guys get together to play mahjong instead of doing business...

It really is……

It's really in line with everyone's perception of them.

This group of guys do always have a few days in a month when they are out of tune...

"Let people pay more attention to Huang Quan, not only Huang Quan, but also those forces stationed in the restricted area." Huang Lao said.

Someone suggested: "Why don't you ask the districts to report on the current situation of the restricted areas near them?"

Hearing this, Yang Buwei shook his head and said: "Nowadays, each city has its own little thoughts, and what happens in the city may not necessarily tell us, even if it is related to the restricted area."

"No way, everyone should know the importance of this kind of matter, 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 are separated from the council, so all the records are summarized in the sequence room of the council, but I don't know which city they come from."

"The emergence of taboo sequences is often related to the restricted area, which may hide the truth of the movement of the restricted area, so I investigated all the taboo sequences that have appeared in the past month, and found some interesting things, including S-level taboo sequences .”

Everyone looked as usual. Although the S-level taboo sequence is rare, they still know a lot as the high-level members of the council, and they also understand the reason why the districts do not report this information. make it their own.

It's just that if it fails, the cost will have to be borne by these urban areas themselves.

Maybe Polar Night City disappeared like this.

"There are two most interesting information, you can take a look."

The director of the investigation department turned on the projector and showed everyone two documents——

"Forbidden Sequence S-Gravekeeper, a living creature, whose appearance is no different from that of a normal human male. The appearance characteristics are unknown, the habits are unknown, the special abilities are unknown, and the means of removal are unknown."

"Note that this is the third collection of information on this taboo sequence, combined with the existing information, the analysis results of its characteristics are as follows."

"Characteristic one, the gravekeeper ignores the rules of the restricted area and has the ability to enter and exit the restricted area at will."

"Characteristic [-]. Gravekeepers are proficient in basic human knowledge, language and conventional logical cognition."

"Characteristic three, after analysis, the gravekeeper has his own unique thinking logic, and his cognition of the world seems to be still 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 methods such as ignorance, self-hypnosis, and logical distortion to eliminate the impact of the thing on himself."

"After judging, this may be some kind of self-protection mechanism of the gravekeeper."

"Insufficient information, no further features available."

"Attention! Attention! Attention!"

"The gravekeeper must not be allowed to realize that the world has undergone drastic changes. Please use all possible means to keep him in a state of ignorance...until that moment comes."

"Otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

Everyone's complexion changed slightly, and they looked at the second document. There was only one sentence on it——

"The silent ones have awakened."

After reading it, Xue Hongyu was the first to say, "It's not right."

"What's wrong?" Elder Huang asked curiously.

"Let's talk about the Gravekeeper first. Its characteristics are quite interesting, but let's not talk about it-there is not only one active taboo sequence, but have you seen any taboo sequence that cannot leave the restricted area before?"

Everyone was stunned, and quickly turned the corner. Yes, the taboo sequence is something that can be taken out of the restricted area. Naturally, the grave guard should be the same, but why is the feature of the grave guard able to enter and exit the restricted area restricted Mark it out?
"What does this mean?" Although Yang Buwei was asking, he already had the answer in his heart.

"It means that the keeper of the grave is not a taboo sequence." Xue Hongyu said lightly, "at least it is not a pure taboo sequence."

"It is very likely to be a forbidden creature, a forbidden creature that ignores the rules of the stone tablet."

Everyone's heart sank.

As a taboo sequence, is it also a forbidden creature...

Could this be some way of getting out of the restricted zone?
Xue Hongyu continued: "As for the description on the second document, it is too short. It contains nothing but the name. This obviously does not conform to the usual description of the sequence room, so there is also a problem."

Huang Lao looked at the director of the investigation department, with a bit of anger in his tone: "Where did these two records come from first?"

Such an abnormal taboo sequence was not reported to the council in the first place. Can these urban areas really forget the council?
"The specific urban area cannot be determined, but after analysis and exclusion, it should be in the east."

"Further narrowing down the scope, it should be Dongyang City, Moon Hidden City, Starlight City, Luochen City, one of the four cities of the sun, moon and stars."

(End of this chapter)