darkest personality

Chapter 9
Hundreds of years ago, the dwarf family lived an isolated life in this primitive jungle.

They hunted and picked fruits in the jungle, and they may have studied stone carvings a little bit.

Until one day, a white sarcophagus that fell from the sky brought an evil monster, and at the same time brought misfortune and destruction to the dwarves.

The ignorant dwarves regarded the sarcophagus as an artifact given by the gods, and the dwarf king enshrined it on his throne.

The monster in the sarcophagus brutally killed the dwarf king. It is the monster's habit to skin and change skins. Therefore, it replaced the dwarf king and controlled the entire dwarf tribe.

The skinning and sacrifice ritual stipulated by the monster finally brought about the destruction of the dwarves, but before the destruction came, the monster had already used its skin-changing ability to change its race and identity.

It used its new identity to spread rumors about the treasure of the dwarf king among the invaders, continuously attracting those adventurers to come here, and then carried out repeated skinning and skinning operations, always facing it with different identities. See you later...

Hundreds of years later, it still survives here, and the mystery of the dwarf king's treasure is still undiscovered.

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"By the way, I had a short communication with this monster just now, and I got it from him."

Bai Ye took out the square gemstone emitting blue light from his pocket.

Rick's eyes were immediately drawn to the gem.

"I don't have a clue about this thing, except that it might be worth a lot of money."

He took the gem and took out a pair of props that looked like a magnifying glass from his vest pocket. With the light of the torch, he brought the gem to his eyes for a closer look.

"It has several lines of writing carved into it that don't appear to be in any language I recognize."

The gems aroused the explorer's strong interest in research, and he took the square gems in his hand and checked them over and over again.

"Could it be related to that sarcophagus?"

Bai Ye remembered that he saw a square inlay hole on the surface of the sarcophagus lid just now, and he guessed that this square gemstone might have peeled off from that groove.

Rick Jones approached the sarcophagus with the gemstone suspiciously, and he saw a square groove on the coffin lid.

He and Bai Ye looked at each other, and in each other's eyes they saw the madness of wanting to continue taking risks.

On this point alone, he and his 'colleagues' can cherish each other.

Rick stepped forward and placed the square gemstone in his hand on the groove, the size just matched.

When the gem was embedded in the groove, the white sarcophagus in front of him seemed to emit a faint white light, and the lid of the sarcophagus made a slight deflated sound.

Rick tried to push the lid, only to feel that the coffin lid was nothing, and it was easy to flip it all over.

The two people who were quite curious about the sarcophagus immediately stretched their necks to check, and found that there was only a lifelike but weird and terrifying sculpture lying quietly inside the sarcophagus;

This is a monster covered with scales, with multiple ugly tentacled heads on its body, and a pair of crude wings on its back. The overall image of the sculpture conveys a sense of fear to people.

- found in the item...

— Discovery failed.

Uh, a little embarrassing...

Rick Jones immediately took a keen interest in this thing.

"It looks very old, but I'm sure it doesn't belong to any genre of sculpture that I know of."

Bai Ye used a kitchen knife to snap off the jewels on the lid of the sarcophagus, and the lid of the sarcophagus immediately seemed to have lost some energy support, and fell to the ground with a loud bang.

"It seems that this gem contains some kind of strange power."

"I have a hunch that if we can decipher the tiny text inside it, we may be able to discover the principle of this 'power'."

Rick felt more and more pleasing to the eyes of this colleague. In the communication between wise men, often he only needs to say half a sentence, and the other party can fully understand it.

He glanced at Bai Ye, and said in a consulting tone: "If you can bring them back to my research institute in Europe and give me a little more time, I might be able to decipher the secrets hidden in these sculptures and gems. And the origin of this evil monster."

——You triggered the hidden side mission [The Secret of the Sculpture], do you accept it? (This side task is an optional task, there will be no penalty for giving up)
[Hidden side mission: The Secret of the Sculpture]

[Mission introduction: "Rick Jones seems to be very sure about finding out the origin of this sculpture, why not leave the sculpture to him to study, I hope he is not the kind of person who is greedy for petty profits. ']

[Mission Objective: Wait for a letter from Rick Jones. 】

Immediately before his eyes, the option of yes or no popped up, Bai Ye chose yes without any hesitation.

- You unlocked the mailbox of explorer Rick Jones (you can receive a letter from this character in the mailbox on the preparation space workbench).

"Excellent, I will write to you as soon as I have news."

Rick Jones rarely smiled at Bai Ye.

"Now then, let's go back to my hut on the cliff first."

……

At dawn, when the sky was turning white, the two finally returned to the cliff hut.

Bai Ye assisted Rick in burying his partner Jimmy, and the hound named 'Big Bob'.

It wasn't until then that Rick Jones truly accepted Bai Ye as a colleague.

"You said you were traveling with me? But I don't remember having a place for you in the Explorer's Association's registration list."

asked Rick Jones, returning to the cabin, packing his luggage.

The secret in the dwarf king's tomb has been solved, and this pristine tropical rainforest has no value of staying. The memory of his friend's death also gave Rick the idea of ​​escaping from this place, coupled with his strong research interest in the sculpture , which made him decide to set off and return to his research institute as soon as possible.

"I'm not a professional explorer like you, I... Maybe it's more out of interest."

"Oh~~"

Rick Jones looked at Bai Ye and narrowed his eyes slightly, and uttered a meaningful particle.

Judging by his appearance, he probably regarded Bai Ye as someone like a 'grave robber'. Of course, Bai Ye wouldn't bother to correct him.

"Maybe I can introduce you to the Explorers' Association. With this layer of identity, it will be much more convenient for you to carry out any expeditions in the future."

This bold bearded man seemed to intend to train Bai Ye to be the successor of his dead partner.

"After all, with your outstanding skills, you will definitely be able to achieve something on the great road of exploration in the future."

"In that case, thank you in advance."

Bai Ye instinctively smelled some kind of reward, and agreed without hesitation.

……

After tidying up, the two used the compass and the forest map to find out the approximate location of the broken down vehicle.

After walking in that direction for a while, a broken-down off-road vehicle was indeed parked on a rugged trail.

Rick Jones is an all-rounder. In his own words, "You don't know what kind of difficulties you will encounter on the road to adventure, so let yourself master as many skills as possible. The so-called skills are not overwhelming." '

This guy is an expert at repairing cars. With Bai Ye's help, he didn't need much effort to get the off-road vehicle's engine running again.

After the two got into the car, Bai Ye noticed that the picture in front of him had become blurred, which represented the end of the current scene.

Immediately afterwards, a settlement interface appeared on the blurred screen;
【This game is over】

[Heart rate detection: 60-100, the match interval for your next game is 10 minutes. 】

[Screen cracking: 70%]

[Unlock mailbox: 'Explorer' Rick Jones. 】

[Passing evaluation: Fearless. 】

[Clearing rewards: none (this game is a novice teaching mode, without any rewards for passing)]

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(End of this chapter)