More than ten hours later.

Florence, Italy.

Ning Tao left the hotel, called a taxi, and then asked the driver to drive to the Church of Our Lady of Flowers.

The driver of the taxi was an old driver, the car drove very steadily, and the speed was not fast. With old buildings passing through the car windows and a sky as clean as a blue cloth, the city that once hatched the European Renaissance gives you the feeling of stepping back in time.

"First time in Italy?" the old driver broke the silence in the car in broken English.

"Well, for the first time. Ning Tao said.

"Do you want a beautiful woman? A pure Italian beauty, not a woman from Eastern Europe. A good-natured smile appeared on the old driver's lips.

"Uh...... I don't want to, I'm just here to enjoy the scenery. Ning Tao was embarrassed and politely refused.

The old driver handed Ning Tao a business card: "You Chinese people are shy, if you want, call the above number, and I will send the girl to the hotel." ”

Ning Tao took the business card given by the old Italian driver, and didn't know whether it was better to put it away or refuse to accept it.

Our family looks so much like a prostitute?

The taxi came to the side of the Church of Our Lady of Flowers, and Ning Tao gave the fare and got out of the car.

In front is Giotto's Bell Tower, a marble made of cream, green and pink, which complements the nearby Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore, one of the most iconic buildings of Florence.

Ning Tao glanced up at the top of the clock tower, and a thought sprouted in his heart. Instead of rushing to the house where Hanks lived, he bought a ticket and climbed the Giotto Clock Tower up the narrow staircase.

The idea in his mind is to leave a bloody lock in the world's most famous ancient buildings and create an exclusive network of fast tracks. In the future, no matter where he wants to go, he can reach his destination in a matter of seconds. Since you are in Florence, why don't you leave a blood lock in Giotto's bell tower?

When he was about to reach the top, another group of young couples was walking down, Ning Tao leaned against the wall to make way, and after waiting for the young couples to pass, he continued to climb up.

At the top of Giotto's bell tower hangs a bell, which I don't know how old it is hundreds of years, and the clock is full of traces of erosion over time.

No matter how vast and sturdy the existence is, the years will eventually take it away.

Ning Taosi took a look and quickly found the other party. Using the ladder under his feet, he jumped directly onto the sturdy stone beam where the iron bell hung in three steps, then blew away the dust and bit his finger in a suitable place to draw a bloody lock.

After painting the blood lock, Ning Tao returned to the ground and stood in front of the window looking at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Flowers. The huge orange-red dome is the symbol of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Hundred Flowers, one of the greatest masterpieces of the European Renaissance. Then he saw the house that Mary had spoken of, and it was on a street not far from the church of Our Lady of Flority.

"Why did Hanks rent that place? If he wanted to avoid trouble, he should have picked a very remote place, this place is a world-famous tourist destination, but he rented a house in this remote place, is it ...... That skull was around here, he didn't dare to take it, but he could stand in his rented house and watch it?" Ning Tao's heart suddenly popped up with such a thought, and his mood couldn't help but get excited.

Ning Tao immediately left Giotto's bell tower, resisted the urge to go into the church of Our Lady of the Hundred Flowers to have a look, and went directly to the house that Maria had said.

It is a small two-storey building, with the logo of the iris carved on the doorpost, and the number 68 on the door plate, everything is in line with Maria's description. The front door of the small building was locked, and the windows on the first and second floors were closed, and the curtains were drawn, so that it was impossible to see inside.

Ning Tao came to the door, gently stepped on the floor tiles under his feet, he soon found a loose floor tile, then he squatted down, picked up the floor tile, and then found the key to open the door in a small pit under the brick.

The place where the key was hidden was told to him by Mary.

Ning Tao opened the door with the key and walked in. In front of it is a living room, which is not large, with two sets of old fabric sofas. Behind the couch was a fireplace, with a little charcoal and unburned firewood still there. There are also some home appliances, but the styles and models are quite old, and I don't know if they can still be used even if they are powered on. Because no one has been cleaning for too long, the floor of the house and the surface of furniture and appliances are covered with a layer of dust.

Ning Tao raised his head and glanced at the beam, and then cast a ladder under his feet, and the void took three steps in a row, as if he was walking up the stairs.

The beams were covered with dust, and a cigarette case sat in an inconspicuous dark corner.

Ning Tao moved over and took out the hidden cigarette case. He returned to the ground and opened the cigarette case, which contained a folded piece of paper. He pulled out the paper and opened it, and there was only one sentence on it.

The translation of that sentence reads: Evil things need to go through the Last Judgment.

Ning Tao couldn't help frowning: "Just such a sentence, what kind of clue is this? The Last Judgment is a story in the Bible, do I still have to find clues from the Bible? Hanks, Hanks, don't you know to write an accurate address?"

Hanks must have known where the skull was hidden, but he used this vague phrase to describe the "treasure spot". His original intention is not difficult to understand, probably because he was worried about being found and finding the skull, so he used such an obscure sentence to describe it. But he didn't know that he had caused trouble for Ning Tao, a treasure hunter who had never been to Florence.

Ning Tao threw away the cigarette case, and only put away the paper in the cigarette case. He glanced at the dusty hallway, then walked over and climbed the stairs up the second floor.

On the second floor there are three rooms, two bedrooms and a study.

Ning Tao entered two bedrooms one after another, but he gained nothing, so it was best for him to push open the door of the study.

There is a lot of books in the study room, and there are many types. The desk is placed by the window and the curtains are drawn, but if you open it, you will have plenty of light to read and work on the desk, and you will also have a view of the old town of Florence.

Ning Tao did not rush to open the curtains to ventilate this study, but opened the small medicine box and took out the small porcelain bottle containing the remnant Xunzu Dan, unplugged the bottle and poured the remnant Xunzu Dan contained in the small porcelain bottle into the palm of his hand, and then woke up the sniffing state of his nose and sniffed deeply.

After a brief "blindness" in both eyes, the light returned to the field of vision, and the scene in front of me did not change, but there was one more person.

This man is Hanks.

Hanks stood in front of the window, the curtains open, blown by the wind, and kept slightly raised. Through the open windows, you can see the majestic orange-red dome of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fiore.

Hanks' gaze remained on the dome, motionless.

The synchronously activated whisperer also picked up some sounds, and they came to Ning Tao's mind.

"Hanks, do you want sugar on your coffee?"

This is Maria's voice, this voice is clear, as if she is standing in Ning Tao's position to speak.

"Maria, I have to go back to the United States, would you like to go to the United States with me?"

This is Hanks' voice.

It is an enclosed space, and the residual energy of the soul is not easily dissipated. This is the reason why Ning Tao is not in a hurry to open the curtains, although Hanks only left a vague clue, he also has his own way to find more clues.

These dialogues are obviously not at the same point in the past time and space as Hanks, who is standing in front of the window and looking out at the dome of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Flowers, and it feels a bit like the soundtrack is out of sync with the timeline. It is already a miracle to see people in the past time and space, and to hear the voices in the past time and space.

Hanks suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction where Ning Tao was.

But it was this glance that Ning Tao was stunned on the spot.

is like a face-changing in Sichuan opera, obviously Hanks, but in the blink of an eye, he becomes another person.

This person Ning Tao is no stranger at all, it is the woman in red.

The face that was extremely beautiful, the green eyes, and the eyes that burst out of those sockets seemed to be a sharp sword with petrification magic, which instantly penetrated Ning Tao's body and petrified him!

She suddenly opened her lips and moved twice.

The whisperer on Ning Tao's wrist suddenly snowflakes, and a strange woman's voice appeared in his mind.

"Here you come. She said.

"Can you speak?Who are you?Where are you?" Ning Tao was extremely excited, and his short sentence was full of questions.

The image shuddered for a moment, and then the mirror collapsed.

The study is still this study, but the curtains are drawn, and the desks and shelves are full of dust. The afternoon sun shines through the cracks in the curtains, casting a splash of bright color on the dusty floor that has lost its color, giving the impression of an old yellowed photograph.

Ning Tao was stunned for at least two minutes before he moved, but his mind was still full of the face of the woman in red, and her sentence - you come.

Here you come.

Where to go?

There is no way to know.

Ning Tao shook his head vigorously, and then entered the remnant version of Xun Zudan's drug allergic reaction again. After a brief "blindness" in both eyes, a new scene appeared. But the small building no longer exists, and even the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Hundred Flowers no longer exists. It was a dense forest, and a man with long flowing hair with a bare ass was drilling wood to make a fire. He also had his weapon by his side, a stone axe made of stone.

Once captured, the soul energy remaining in a certain space is converted and consumed, although from the perspective of the law of conservation of energy, they will not really disappear, but to capture it again is a difficult and complicated thing, he can't do it at all now.

Ning Tao didn't dare to enter the drug allergic reaction of the remnant version of the Xunzu Dan for the third time, so he put away the remnant of the Xunzu Dan: "If you are lucky enough to find that skull this time, I will refine a new Xunzu Dan, and this one will be given to Jiang Hao to help her improve her demon spirit power." ”

He put the small porcelain bottle back into the small medicine box, then went to the window and opened the curtains.

The golden sunlight shone in front of him, and his eyes were full of golden light. The huge dome of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Flora is clearly visible just across the street.

A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and he had roughly guessed where the skull was hidden.