Dorothy's Forbidden Tome

"On May 5th, after a lot of twists and turns, we successfully entered the edge of the Razor Mountains, a place where few civilized people want to come. The carriage broke down halfway, our bodies were covered in mud, and our clothes were hung by thorn vines. It broke a lot, damn it... If it wasn't for the death case, we would never have paid attention to this case and came to such a ghost place. After this trip, I understand why this place is delayed in development no.

"On May 5th, we stayed in a mountain village we finally found. The people here are always nice, but some special customs are unacceptable. They actually eat spider eggs!? It's really unacceptable 'delicious' in the countryside. After that We scour the village for clues...

"On May 5th, according to the clues, we went deeper into the Razor Mountains, and the surrounding environment became worse and worse. But thankfully, we found another village. The people here are much more xenophobic than the previous village. They were hostile to us at first. , fortunately, after the explanation, the hostility eased a lot...

"May 5th, my God... this village also eats spider eggs? And they say they can weave clothes from spider silk? What kind of spider silk can be used to make clothes?

"On May 5th, these guys went crazy and wanted to execute an old man in the village? Because they not only refused to eat spider eggs, but also collected contraband at home? We rescued the old man, but it also caused a lot of trouble. Villagers, we have to evacuate from the village. This barbaric place far away from the radiance of the Three Saints should need a church! No matter how small it is!

"The old man showed us the so-called contraband, and found that it was actually a silver mirror. There was a crescent moon pattern on the back of the mirror, which looked like a 'shadow' symbol. According to the old man, it should have been passed down from generation to generation in the village. The sacrificial treasures of those young people should be taboo. I asked him why, and he said...

"On May 5th, things seemed a little serious. We arranged for a team member to take the old man back to the first village, while others and I continued to explore the mountains...

"On May 5th, we discovered the relics, relics with obvious religious traces, the style tends to be similar to the Radiance religion, but the details are slightly different...

"On May 5th, there were more ruins, but many were destroyed, and judging from the traces, the time of destruction was not long...

"May 5th, ... spiders ... are eating the moon ..."

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Seeing this, it was difficult to make out the handwriting in the blood. Dorothy read all the meaningful content, and then closed the note.

Then, she turned her attention to those photos. Most of the photos showed what the team saw along the way, including villages, spider eggs, the mirror that was turned into a treasure, and broken ruins.

What caught Dorothy's attention was the last photo.

Above this black-and-white photo is a statue of a deity, a badly broken statue of a goddess.

On the photo, the hands of the graceful goddess with a light veil are placed on her chest, holding a strange object that looks like a mirror and a full moon. The original head of the goddess is artificially cut off and replaced by a It is the head of a hideous spider roughly carved.

Chapter 170 Eight Messages

"Spiders...and...the moon?"

Looking at the notes and photos in her hand, Dorothy murmured strangely that the whole note made things so vague that people couldn't understand them and could only guess.

'I've heard of this Razor Mountains. It's a remote mountainous area in the north of North Shore County. It is said that the terrain is dangerous and the transportation is inconvenient. There are some mountain people who are difficult to be affected by the industrial revolution. Neither the Royal Government nor the capitalists are willing to develop the appearance there.

"Judging from the content of the notes, this is a team of hunters who went to the Razor Mountains to investigate, and then discovered some weird events, the relics of the moon and the customs and beliefs about spiders. What is hidden deep in the mountains? What kind of secret? ...Looking at the bloodstains, the last team seems to be in danger. The Ulster branch should have realized some serious problems before deciding to send this information to the headquarters...

"And what is the purpose of that Extraordinary named Kim? He wanted to prevent the General Administration from obtaining this information, so he chose to intercept and kill the person in the branch office on the train. It seems that there is a big secret in it..."

Thinking in her heart, Dorothy thought that she didn't plan to solve the puzzle inside. Although this matter was strange, it had little to do with her, and she didn't need to worry about the security situation. Just find a way to send these things to Anyin Headquarters.

"Notes and photos, I don't need these things anyway, and I can only return them to the Anyin General Administration. I hope they can give some rewards as Sodod said." '

Dorothy then thought, to be honest, she was a little disappointed that some documents were released from the confidential cargo but no useful Extraordinary items were found. If it was a powerful Extraordinary item, she would not mind intercepting it directly.

But it's not without gains. The photos and notes have a certain degree of poison awareness, which is equivalent to a secret biography, at least it can increase a wave of spirituality.

Thinking of this, Dorothy began to extract spirituality. The notes and photos gave her a total of 2 points for "Shadow", 1 point for "Cup" and 1 point for "Enlightenment". This combination of spirituality surprised her.

'The nature of the content recorded in these notes and photos is actually 'shadow' and 'cup'?I don't know which content is 'shadow' and which content is 'cup'. '

After extracting the spirituality, Dorothy began to sort out her spiritual changes after this wave of events. "Revelation" was not consumed too much, so it was not counted, mainly because of the "cup". It took 3 "cups" and summed up the spirituality and stock spirituality obtained from the document. Dorothy's current spirituality is as follows.

11 cups, 10 stones, 3 shadows, 4 lamps, 3 silences, 15 enlightenments, and the stored items are harvested with 1 "cup".

Looking at her current spiritual state, Dorothy couldn't help frowning.

"Ahh... Sure enough, once there is no "generous donation" from the Holy Communion, the reserves of the "cup" will drop at a speed visible to the naked eye. "Cup" and "revelation" are my main spiritual consumption. "It's not a way to consume it so quickly, and I don't know if Tivian has a 'cup' association that can 'donate' to me..."

After thinking about it, Dorothy put all the things on the table into the magic box, then changed into her pajamas and fell asleep on the bed, listening to the roar and vibration of the train, and fell asleep slowly.

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The moon sets and the sun rises.

The night passed quickly. In the early morning, the passengers on the train woke up one after another. After finishing their breakfast, they waited quietly for another morning. In the end, the train finally reached the end of the journey. Stand up, Tivian.

On both sides of the train, towering buildings began to gradually appear in the originally empty fields, and they became denser and taller. Looking out from the window of the train, you can see brick and stone buildings speeding past.

Converging with many railroad tracks from other directions, the gradually decelerating steam train drove under the huge steel dome, and finally stopped in front of the platform. At this time, there were several policemen and reporters from several newspapers on the platform. Waiting, the police are waiting to take over the completed case in the car, while the reporters want to get news information as soon as possible.

"Murder on the Train to the Capital of the Kingdom", if this headline is printed in the next edition of the newspaper, it will surely attract a lot of attention.

After the train stopped, the conductor walked to a private room, knocked on the door respectfully, and then said.

"Mr. Ed, we have arrived at the station. The police and reporters are waiting outside regarding the case."

The conductor knocked on the door, but there was no movement inside. The conductor frowned, and then knocked a few more times, but there was still no response.

Seeing this scene, the train conductor tried to press the doorknob of the private room, but found that the door was unlocked. After he opened the door and entered, he found that the private room was empty at the moment. The whole space was bright and tidy, and the quilts were folded and arranged, and placed on the table With a note.

The train conductor went over to pick up the note and found that it was really left by the detective Ed.

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"Mr. Commander, please forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye. Don't wonder how I left without the train stopping. As a detective, I have plenty of ways.

"I don't want to deal too much with the police and reporters, especially reporters. I don't want to be surrounded by a group of noisy turkeys, asking this and that, like an interrogator trying to get every secret out of you. So I Just leave first, and I would like to trouble the crew members to explain the tragedy on the car last night to the outside world. It doesn't matter if I was there or not when explaining. You can completely attribute the main credit for catching the criminal to yourself, and I won't mind. "

"I am just a detective who pursues the truth and practices justice. Fame is just an inconvenient extra for me. I sincerely wish you all the rich rewards from the Police Department and the Kingdom Railway Company.

"—Detective Ed"

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In the private room, looking at the note left on the table, the train was silent for a long time, and finally he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"A detective who only seeks the truth, practices justice, and ignores fame? What a noble person..."

The train conductor sighed like this, and then, he seemed to have made up his mind, put the note in his pocket, then walked out of the compartment, walked to the front of the train, and looked at the conductors there.

"Gentlemen, Mr. Ed has already left one step ahead. He is a gentleman full of wisdom and noble character. He is indifferent to fame and wealth. He is unwilling to accept the glory that should belong to him. Instead, he hopes to give the credit for punishing the real murderer to others." Give us."

After the train conductor finished speaking, he looked at the conductors in front of him. The conductors responded in different ways, some were stunned, some were disappointed, and some were delighted.

After glancing at the reactions of his subordinates, the conductor's expression became serious, and he continued to speak.

"Gentlemen, the company's awards are full of temptations, but I think we should, like Mr. Ed, abandon vanity and enjoyment, and pursue a more noble spirit. Since the other party is a gentleman, then we should also be a gentleman .

"I think we should truthfully report the case that happened last night to the police and reporters from the beginning to the end, and let those reporters write down the whole process of Mr. Ed's case and post it to the newspaper for more people to see. We only want to emphasize his wisdom, but more importantly, his moral character. In this age of greed, he will be a model for many of us."

Chapter 170: Tivian

Tivian is located on the east coast of the Kingdom of Priet. The Yueliu River, whose drainage area covers one-third of the main island of Priet, enters the sea from here. The inland river network shipping that connects Tivian brings together the country’s commodities for export to Overseas, at the same time, the goods imported from abroad are continuously transported to various places in the country.

This is the capital and the most important city of Priet's Kingdom. The densely packed buildings on the vast land are laid all the way to the distance as far as the eye can see. The city has a dense population of more than 500 million people. It is a large port on the east coast. Busy busy day and night.Behind the western horizon, the chimneys of the industrial area are constantly spewing thick smoke all year round.

At the gate of Tivian Railway Station, there was a dense crowd of people coming and going. On the side of the high gate, dragging a big suitcase, Dorothy, who finally set foot on the land of Tivian, let out a long sigh of relief. .

'Huh... finally arrived, and came out very smoothly, not being entangled by the police or reporters, this is the best result. '

Dorothy thought happily in her heart that she had been looking for an opportunity to recover Edric all morning, and then got out of the car inadvertently and left, successfully avoiding the entanglement of the police and reporters.

In order to avoid trouble, Dorothy asked Edrick to leave a note in her private room, reminding the train conductor and crew members to take the credit for catching the real murderer for themselves. To someone accustomed to staying behind the scenes, fame and trouble can be equated.

'The train captain and several conductors are not bad, they have been cooperating with me throughout the whole process, I hope they will like my gift. '

Standing at the entrance of Tivian's station, Dorothy looked at the strange city in front of her. The street in front of her was much wider than that of Igwent. The road surface was not paved with stone bricks but cement roads. Horse-drawn carriages were going back and forth on it, the buildings were taller, and the crowds on the side of the road were more crowded and bustling.

Unlike Igwent, there was a faint white mist floating in the air in Tivian. The sky was clearly sunny but visibility was limited, and there was still a slight peculiar smell in the air.

"It seems that the pollution is a bit serious, at least much more serious than Igwent. It seems that we need to keep some masks in the future."

Muttering this, Dorothy dragged her suitcase to the telegraph office next to the train station, where she sent a telegram to Greg of Igwent saying she was safe, and then came to the street to stop I got into a carriage, and after asking the driver to load the suitcase into the carriage, I also sat in the carriage.

"Please go to Royal Crown University, thank you." Sitting in her seat, Dorothy asked the driver in front of her, and the driver responded.

"Where do you want to go to Guanda University, please tell me clearly, miss, it is very big, there are seven or eight branch campuses."

"Hmm... please wait a moment."

With that said, Dorothy took out an envelope from her pocket, opened it and pulled out a piece of letter paper from it, and replied after looking at it twice.

"Please go to the East Gate of the King's Campus of the King's Crown University."

"Is it the old campus? It's a bit far away, and the fare is a bit expensive, miss."

"It's okay, just drive, the fare is not a problem."

"Okay, then sit still miss, let's hurry up."

As he said that, the coachman waved the reins and drove the two-horse carriage forward. Dorothy also took the opportunity to enjoy the scenery of the big city along the way.

The carriage that Dorothy was riding in turned all the way on the streets of the city and drove for quite a long time. It was so long that Dorothy was tired of looking at the scenery. The building looked depressing and dull, and Dorothy felt a little dozed off. When she was in Eagle Winter, she would not spend such a long time in the city traffic.

Gradually, the buildings on both sides of the carriage windows began to thin out, the number of green belts and street trees began to increase, and the surrounding scenery began to become brighter and less boring. Dorothy judged that she seemed to be slowly moving away from the city.

Finally, after driving in the carriage for more than two hours, Dorothy finally arrived at the destination. At the moment when she finished, she looked at the blue sky and white clouds in front of her, and took a deep breath, which was still quite refreshing. Air.

What appeared in front of Dorothy at this moment was a simple and towering stone gate. Behind the gate was a vast green area. In the distance of the green area stood a group of classical buildings with spiers and carved stone railings. Because the city is far away from the industrial area, the fog here is much thinner, and there is no trace of the peculiar smell in the air.

"The king's campus has arrived, miss."

"Thank you, this journey is really a bit far." Dorothy responded, and then paid the previously agreed fare, and the driver said with a smile after collecting the fare.

"Actually, if you want to be fast, you can use urban railways and subways. Those that burn coal can run much faster than this horse."

"There are also subways and rail transit here?"

"Yes, but because there are few buses, it takes a long time to wait for the bus, and there are a lot of people sitting in it. It's very crowded and mixed with fish and dragons. It's dangerous for a rich lady like you to sit alone. What can happen.

"This is the oldest campus of Royal Crown University, and it is also the place where Crown University was originally located. The core of Crown University is also here. There are many people who visit here every year. I wish you a good time, miss."

As he said that, the coachman waved his hand and drove the car into the distance, while Dorothy thought silently on the spot.

'I'm not here for tourism, but for school. '

While thinking, Dorothy looked towards the distant campus, which would be her new school.

At the beginning, Aldridge told Greg that he would recommend Dorothy to go to a better middle school so that he could be admitted to a university in the future, but in fact Aldrich directly recommended Dorothy to go to university.

"Okay... Now it's time to go through the 'enrollment procedures'."

Whispering, Dorothy dragged her luggage and started to set off, but the purpose of his departure was not the university campus, but a small town-like residential area opposite the east campus gate.

Dorothy walked on the streets of the town and looked around. She found that the town was mostly wooden houses, decorated plainly but elegantly. Trees and flower baskets were a must for every house, decorating the surroundings freshly and brightly. There are many open vendors on both sides, most of which sell all kinds of snacks and food. Many young men and women in their 20s are shopping around, and some are reading books at the tables under the shade of books.

"It seems that this is a commercial town dedicated to serving students. The contact Aldridge asked me to find lives in this..."

Taking out the letter that Aldrich had prepared for herself in advance, Dorothy wandered around the town while reading it. Before leaving Eagle Winter, Aldrich gave her the letter and told Dorothy to go to Tyne Wei An came here to find a contact person, and then the contact person would help Dorothy arrange the next thing.

After looking for the address on the letter for a while, Dorothy finally arrived at the destination, in front of a seemingly ordinary and even old stone house.

"Wangli Shengguan University, No. 37, Luyin Town, outside the east campus gate, should be here."

After confirming the house number, Dorothy stepped forward to knock on the door, and knocked once in accordance with the rules stated in the letter.

After a few seconds, a slightly cold mechanical voice came from behind the door.

"Why did you come?"

"Introduced by an acquaintance." Dorothy replied, which was the way taught in the letter, and the other party answered quickly.

"certificate."

Without thinking too much, Dorothy pressed the letter in her hand and stuffed it in through the letter slot at the door, and after waiting for a while, the door in front of her opened automatically.

Dragging her luggage into the room, Dorothy looked around, and found that it was a very ordinary living room, with a sofa, fireplace, coffee table and bookshelf, nothing special, but just as she was about to go deeper into the house, the weird one from before The voice rang out.

"Please stand where you are and don't move."

Hearing this voice, Dorothy was slightly taken aback, and after some hesitation, she chose to stand where she was.

Then, the door behind her suddenly closed automatically, and there was a series of clicking sounds all around, and the floor under Dorothy's feet began to vibrate amidst this burst of noise, and then the whole and unbroken floor split and sank, Dorothy was startled and looked up, and then saw the gears under the floor that were rattling and a series of mechanisms driven by them.

'Is there a mechanism under this floor?The mechanism started to sink the floor? '

Dorothy thought this way, and then she was taken all the way underground by the sinking floor. In some places, the floor would move horizontally from left to right. Dorothy was transported by the floor like cargo to In an unknown place, countless mechanism gears were ringing around her.

'Damn, is it like this all under this house? '

Frightened and trembling, Dorothy's journey finally reached its destination. After a trap door was opened, Dorothy was sent to a wide space.

Chain gears and various mechanical structures are placed everywhere, and there are unidentified equipment that has been disassembled everywhere. The orange lights illuminate the closed environment, and a huge mechanical clock stands on the wall, making a ticking sound.

Chapter 180 Golem

This is a workshop, a mechanism workshop, the sound of machinery running for unknown purposes can be heard everywhere in the workshop, the giant gears on the ceiling are biting each other and turning slowly, and there is a lubricating oil in the air. The smell of engine oil, a large pile of unknown metal fragments scattered on the ground.